[CentOS] how will CentOS handle the perftools 1.7 vs. 1.6 issue?

Thu Feb 10 17:53:52 UTC 2011
Larry Vaden <vaden at texoma.net>

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl <maillists at conactive.com> wrote:
>> While google perftools is not a part of either SL or CentOS, it *is*
>> in EPEL, and CentOS users can be users of EPEL
>
> Then it's on-topic on the EPEL list, not here. e.g. ask there for an
> updated version of the package.
>
> This wasn't the first instance. This guy has recently started a habit of
> copying mails (that are not his own it seems) that trip him off right to
> this list. That is bad practice. I do not want to get more of this.

My effort was to understand the conditions under which CentOS and/or
SL would ever go to current edition for a particular component (e.g,
BIND) and I think I understand now and can resign from the list with
all due apologies to list members.

kind regards/ldv