[Off-list] Re: [CentOS] Updates not catching up ?

Wed Oct 12 19:09:41 UTC 2005
Leonard Isham <leonard.isham at gmail.com>

On 10/12/05, mbneto <mbneto at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bryan,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> That was my first post to the list and sorry if my next comments seem
> too hard but...
>
> My idea to move from fedora to centos was trying to get a stable
> distribution that I can afford with long term plans for support.
>
> Fedora works fine for me but it's focus on bleeding edge tends to
> leave "old" (1 year-old) releases without "strong" support.  They have
> the legacy but even that stop a while.
>
> On the other hand wait a week for a security update come from rh to
> centos seems too much.
>
> Some may argue that I can always grab the src myself and
> compile/install but that is not the point here.
>
> Is there anything I can do to help ?
>

To get this release completed not likely.

CentOS accepts donations.  I'm siure there are other possibilities,
but they are very busy right now.

The only other option I see has it's own co$t$.... could be an option
for some critical systems.


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Leonard Isham, CISSP
Ostendo non ostento.