[CentOS-devel] CentOS 7 and release numbering

On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 04:48:22PM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
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> 
> So, we have never been binary (byte for byte) compatible ... instead we
> wanted to be and checked for the things in the tmverifyrpms script above.
> 
> We just want to make sure we say what we are trying to do ... and the
> same file lists, linking the same libraries, within 10% of the size is
> it.  So thats what we want and that is "functionally" but not "byte for
> byte" compatible.

I always figured that what you MEANT by binary compatible, is "they work
the same, don't break linkage with SOs, and when you run it you won't
observe any difference" other than branding.

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