Hello, On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:46:17 -0800 Edward Martinez <edwardm1 at live.com> wrote: > On 12/21/11 13:00, John R Pierce wrote: > > On 12/21/11 1:30 PM, Edward Martinez wrote: > >> Now I understand, I'm currently downloading 254 packages, once it > >> finishes downloading, then i will be using 6.2, presumably i need to > >> reboot the OS. > >> So redhat/centos model works different than Fedoras; where the > >> previous release is still supported for approximately 13 months. > > the previous release (centos 5) is supported for like 7 years or something. > > > > fedora doesn't have rollups or point releases at all. > > > > > > Thinking about it I should of used OpenBSD's model; when they do a > point release every six months, the previous point release is > still maintained, until another point release. . Now I understand > that redhat/centos uses a different model; where the newest point > release replaces > the previous point release. Hope i got it:-) Yep, and this is exactly why I switched from Fedora to CentOS, and I'm happy with it! Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20111222/450ee6d6/attachment-0005.sig>