>> * As mentioned before, Scientific Linux 6.0 is out. What hasn't been >> mentioned here is that while SL 5.6 hasn't come out, 5.6 security >> updates are being backported to SL 5.5. Ditto with SL 4 (no 4.9 but >> security patches look current) >> > And we try very hard not to release things until they pass our QA testing. Let me make something clear: I have been a CentOS user since 2006. I really, really appreciate all of the contributions the CentOS team has made--contributions which have been made without being properly compensated for the time and effort made. > We are still finding and correcting issues with the 5.6 things that we > have built (things not properly linking when compared to upstream, etc). As I mentioned before, the CentOS team owes me nothing. If the CentOS team decides tomorrow that deathmatching Nexuiz (errr, Xonotic, because how dare anyone try making money with their open-source project) is more fun than making security updates and getting 5.6 or 6 out the door, enjoy yourselves! CentOS does not owe me a single release more or even a single security update. For me, I would rather have timely releases and security updates than guaranteed binary compatibility. My appeal of a RHEL clone is that I will be able to use a RHEL 5 clone until 2014 (RHEL 6 clone until 2017) and have security issues fixed. Anyway, thank you for the great work, and it has been a pleasure using CentOS for so many years! - Sam