[CentOS] Re: "yum --security" and staying with 5.0
Scott Silva
ssilva at sgvwater.com
Thu Dec 13 17:26:34 UTC 2007
on 12/13/2007 8:03 AM Karanbir Singh spake the following:
> Kai Schaetzl wrote:
>> 5.1 - 18 months
>> 5.1.1 - 6 months
>> 5.1.2 - another 6 months
>> 5.1.3 - another 6 months
>> 5.2 - next update release cycle
>
> That is not correct
>
>> the FAQ seems to imply:
>> 5.1 - 18 months
>> 5.1.1 - 18 months
>> 5.1.2 - 18 months
>> 5.1.3 - 18 months
>> 5.2 - next update release cycle
>
> that is a little more correct, however still wrong.
>
> here is how its going to work.
>
> CentOS-5 Update via 5.1 ( just released )
>
> -- 6 months or so --
>
> CentOS-5 update via 5.2
>
> And a CentOS-5.1 security only update via 5.1.1 ( this will have no
> bugfix's or feature addons or enhancements, and there will most likely
> be no new ISOS either, were not sure yet. )
>
> -- 6 months or so --
>
> CentOS-5 update via 5.3
>
> And a CentOS-5.1 security only bump via 5.1.2
> And a CentOS-5.2 security only bump via 5.2.1
>
> -- 6 months or so --
>
> CentOS-5 update via 5.4
>
> And a CentOS-5.1 security only bump via 5.1.3
> And a CentOS-5.2 security only bump via 5.2.2
> And a CentOS-5.3 security only bump via 5.3.1
>
> -- 6 months or so --
>
> CentOS-5 update via 5.5
>
> And a CentOS-5.2 security only bump via 5.2.3
> And a CentOS-5.3 security only bump via 5.3.2
> And a CentOS-5.4 security only bump via 5.4.1
>
> ( as you can see redhat expects everyone with 5.1 Branched machines at
> that time to just either fall off the face of the earth or reinstall
> their machines since the delta between them and the real CentOS-5 will
> be so large that an update might actually be the same as a reinstall )
>
> So, as you can see - we only imagine a very small minority of people
> actually sticking onto a branch release, while everyone just stays with
> CentOS-5
>
> Also, considering we have gone through all this to try get the situation
> clear for you, I hope you are going to now create a wiki page that
> details the situation and explains it in a way that someone who had no
> idea about it - like you did 2 days back, is able to read it and make
> sense out of it!
>
If you wanted to re-install every 12 to 18 months, you might as well use
Fedora! This just seems to go "bass ackwards" to what an enterprise distro
means. I guess RedHat is just trying to play to a bigger audience to maybe
boost their revenue stream a bit, which I don't fault them for, because a
business needs to be in the black to stay open.
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