[CentOS-devel] RHEL receiving updates before CentOS Stream

On 07/07/2020 03:56, Andy Hall wrote:
> How does RHEL receive the latest Firefox package before CentOS Stream ?
> 
> https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2828
> 
> "This update upgrades Firefox to version 68.10.0 ESR."
> 
> Here's is CentOS Stream...
> 
> [ahall at ctream ~]$ cat /etc/centos-release
> CentOS Linux release 8.2.2004 (Core)
> 
> [ahall at ctream ~]$ yum info firefox
> Installed Packages
> Name         : firefox
> Version      : 68.9.0
> Release      : 1.el8_2
> 
> [ahall at ctream ~]$ sudo yum upgrade firefox
> [sudo] password for ahall:
> Last metadata expiration check: 0:11:36 ago on Tue 07 Jul 2020 03:43:44 BST.
> Dependencies resolved.
> Nothing to do.
> Complete!
> 
> [ahall at ctream ~]$ yum info firefox-68.10.0
> Last metadata expiration check: 0:06:42 ago on Tue 07 Jul 2020 03:48:12 BST.
> Error: No matching Packages to list

Because it's a security update, and CentOS rebuilds RHEL sources so 
there is always going to be some inherent lag.

 From the title of your email you appear to be viewing CentOS Stream as 
an upstream to RHEL. I view it more as a rolling public beta for the 
next RHEL point release. Either way, you will not get security updates 
before RHEL.