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 -- Much of what looks like rudeness in hacker circles is not intended to give offense. Rather, it's the product of the direct, cut-through-the-bullshit communications style that is natural to people who are more concerned about solving problems than making others feel warm and fuzzy. http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20110114/07be9f9f/attachment-0005.sig>