[CentOS] CentOS-6 Status updates

[Paul Heinlein]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Gordon Messmer wrote:

> On 06/15/2011 01:39 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote:
>> I'm not trying to serve as apologist for RHEL 6. I'm just saying that
>> there's little room in my world for an abolutist position like "never
>> use a .0 release -- ever."
>
> I wouldn't favor such a sentiment either, but as it stands, CentOS 6
> will be delivered with known security problems.  It won't make sense for
> most people to deploy until the team catches up with current errata, IMO.

I certainly agree, however, that it's prudent to wait for the known 
package updates before deploying CentOS 6.

In *this* case, since Red Hat has already released 6.1, it may even be 
prudent to wait for the CentOS 6.1 release before public deployment.

Maybe Red Hat will continue to obfuscate its infrastructure and 
increase the burden on teams like CentOS who try to rebuild the 
distribution from SRPMs. In that case, the release cycle for CentOS 7 
or 8 might not be worth the wait. Or, perhaps, things will return to 
what passed for normalcy in CentOS 3, 4, and 5. Outside of Red Hat, 
who knows?

-- 
Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/