[CentOS] The delays on CentOS 5.6 are causing EPEL incompatibilities

Mon Mar 21 16:13:58 UTC 2011
Drew <drew.kay at gmail.com>

> Did we read the same page? When you buy Novell (SUSE) support for RedHat
> EL, you will still run your original RedHat EL installation but then
> update packages rebuilt by Novell. Technically that's the same like adding
> the CentOS repo config to your RedHat installation and then install all
> updates from CentOS instead of RedHat. What a mess, why would anyone in
> the world want this? And then pay $ for the mess...

Most likely because of relative cost and/or perceived value of SLES vs RHEL?

Novell is essentially offering to help you while you switch existing
kit over to SLES. If you're already paying for a RHEL subscription,
Novell's offer may have a lower cost or offer better value then RHEL


-- 
Drew

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