[CentOS] Re: CentOS Repo Questions (and Samba)

[Akemi Yagi]

> Since CentOS strives to be a free, binary-identical version of Red Hat,
> how does this process work?  I imagine it goes something like this...
>
> Red Hat releases Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.6 on some date.  I can't
> seem to find the date on redhat.com, but according to wikipedia, it was
> 15th of November, 2007.[1]
>
> So then once Red Hat releases RHEL AS 4.6, the CentOS team basically
> downloads the source code/whatever they need, strips out the graphics
> and other copyrighted material, "CentOS-ifies" it, and then releases it
> as CentOS 4.6.
>
> Is that basically how this process works?
>
> So then the answer to my Samba related questions is this:  Red Hat
> released the security updates that I mentioned as part of Update 6.
> They didn't release anything for RHEL 4.5.  So naturally, the CentOS
> team doesn't want to "backport" these updates to CentOS 4.5, they're
> doing the same thing Red Hat did, releasing the new samba package with
> the security fixes I mentioned (almost certainly in addition to other
> fixes) as part of the CentOS Update 6.  And personally, I have to say
> that makes a lot of sense since the point of CentOS is to be as
> identical to RHEL as possible.
>
> Thanks again for responding, Johnny.  Would you please let me know if I
> got that right and make any necessary corrections?
>
> Thanks,
> - Bit

I think you have a clear view on this topic. There is also a related
thread in the CentOS forum and Johnny's response is comment #14

http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11376&forum=42

Akemi