[CentOS] 4.5 Version Implications

On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 09:25 -0400, Tim Wunder wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 May 2007 9:19:23 am Jim Perrin wrote:
> > Minor numbers are update revisions. When 4.5 is released, and you run
> > 'yum update' on 4.4, you'll get 4.5.
> >
> > 4.5 is 4.x + bug/security fixes to that point. The lifespan for
> > centos4 is 7 years.  During that time, you'll have 4.0 thru 4.18 or
> > whatever the final minor point revision ends up being.
> >
> > Basically yes, you want this upgrade.
> 
> I'm not sure I understand this reply. If a system is installed from 4.4, and 
> regular updates are done, it's my understanding that there is no compelling 
> reason to download and install 4.5;  that the release of 4.5 is just to 
> change the starting point for new installs.

Correct. As Jim stated, after running 'yum update' when 4.5 is released,
a system will be a CentOS 4.5 system.

-- Daniel