On Nov 14, 2011, at 7:56 PM, Alan McKay wrote: >> Both CentOS and Scientific Linux *aim* at 100% binary compatibility >> and they are both doing their best toward that goal. However, neither >> is perfect. > > That's interesting. So how is it they've managed to come out with 6.1 > (and so long ago at that)? ---- I got the impression that the reason owes to the fact that Scientific Linux is using a koji build server and had it up and running perhaps even before the 6.0 release. http://lwn.net/Articles/446556/ But in truth, don't trust what the non-invested people might speculate to be the reasons, the real answers can only come from the developers themselves. Craig