On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote: > on 2/14/2011 1:50 PM Morten P.D. Stevens spake the following: >> 2011/2/14 robert mena <robert.mena at gmail.com>: >>> Hi, >>> Despite the mailing list and twitter I did not find any updated info on >>> either versions regarding the current status. >>> So, what is the current status of both versions? (like 60%) >> >> I wonder for a long time why there is no detailed information about the release status. >> >> For example: >> >> 1) Upstream 5.6 release >> 2) rebuilding packages (2-3 days) >> 3) CentOS patches (1-7 days) >> 4) QA (2-3 weeks) >> 5) distribution on the mirrors (3-4 days) >> 6) CentOS 5.6 Release >> >> A small roadmap would certainly help many users. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Morten > I suppose the CentOS devs have other minor duties like feeding families, > taking children to ball games and dance recitals, helping with homework, > etc... The dev staff is not large, and any time spent answering "is it done > yet" queries will slow them down further. > > I never ask, and never complain, since I don't feel this totally free product > owes me anything... As a matter of fact, we owe the project... > IIRC, the roadmap is something like this: 1) Upsteam releases a new version. 2) Some time goes by. 3) CentOS announces the newest release. 4) Release is available. Time frame? However long it takes. :-)