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. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!