[CentOS-devel] Balancing the needs around the CentOS platform

On 12/19/20 1:25 PM, Mark Mielke wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 4:15 PM Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> CentOS point releases are more like source control tags than branches.
>> If you have only used CentOS and not RHEL, then I can see why you might
>> be confused about this point.  You are accurately describing CentOS.
> This is false. I don't think you understand the RHEL release process.
> Check my other post. Red Hat has internal branching that you were
> unaware of (apparently), and CentOS is using the later branch, not the
> earlier branch.


Sure, but this conversation isn't about the specific mechanics of RHEL's 
branching.  Matthew pointed out that minor releases of RHEL are 
branches, and that CentOS releases have no branches.  Nico made an 
inaccurate analogy to VCS tags and branches.  Matthew is correct, 
though: RHEL major releases have branches and CentOS releases do not.  
(Or, they have just one branch.  Whatever phrasing you prefer.)