[CentOS-devel] 5.6 impact on 6.0 Release plan
John R. Dennison
jrd at gerdesas.com
Fri Jan 14 07:55:34 UTC 2011
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 01:24:43AM -0600, Hubert Bahr wrote:
> >
> If C5 doesn't cut the mustard you are forced to a different solution.
Yep, C5 base/updates and your 3rd-party repo of choice for
userland and elrepo for drivers for more modern hardware in
many cases.
> Nobody has yet told me what the difference is between 5.5 + updates
> and 5.6 that makes it essential to push back the rollout of 6.0. I have
php53 and bind97 are show-stoppers for many; both are obtainable
outside the official channels now, but having them as part of
base is quite useful for many. bind97, with the support for
DNSSEC it offers, is a hard requirement in many industry sectors
at the present time.
> no argument with security fixes, but aren't those already covered by the
> updates? Are the new features so essential to the installed base that
> they need them before the rollout of C6? How long a delay is that? No
Yes, in many peoples opinions they are quite essential.
> EPEL 5 etal does not meet my needs for all of my systems although most
> still use it. I have avoided jumping to non-rpm based distributions,
> but the temptation is still there. On some of my systems they are the
> easy way out due to specific applications which are not covered by epel
> etal supplements.
epel is not the only game in town.
> Yes I have already purchased some subscriptions, I would have
> preferred to donate the money to CentOS. It is now spent so it is no
> longer available for donation.
The project hasn't taken monetary donations since '09 as far as
I know. You are still supporting the project, albeit
indirectly, by getting RH entitlements. Supporting the upstream
is always in the project's best interest.
> Don't slam a different perspective, please try to understand it.
Yep, please try to see the point that 5.6 is extremely important
to many.
John
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