[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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