On 10/21/2011 06:36 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 10/21/2011 06:16 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> Vreme: 10/21/2011 12:25 PM, Fajar Priyanto piše: >>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Steve Walsh<steve at nerdvana.net.au> wrote: >>>> Except. >>>> >>>> If you have a 6.0 machine, and enable the cr/ repo, then you don't just >>>> get the 6.0 updates. You get most of the post-6.0 updates, plus what's >>>> been built for 6.1 (effectively still in QA), plus some post 6.1 updates >>>> (Again, still in QA). As far as I'm aware, there's now way to say "Just >>>> give me the 6.0 updates you have" when using the cr/ repo. >>>> >>>> I am more than happy to be corrected on this operation of the cr repo >>>> tho, as I've held off on updating boxes with the cr/ repo so as not to >>>> get "untested" updates. >> >> As far as I am aware, how I understood official explanation, packages >> that are introduced in CR repo already PASSED QA testing, but are in >> limbo because there are issues with building ISO. >> > > This is somewhat true ... there is some QA performed on the CR packages. > There is "MORE" QA performed on them as part of the release process > though. So, they are not "totally untested" ... just less tested than > the main release. > > Obviously that means there is an "increased chance" that the CR packages > are not totally correct, as compared to released packages, because there > is somewhat less QA at that (the CR) stage ... but they SHOULD be > correct and they SHOULD work. > > We added CR so that we can provide updates faster ... it is totally > optional, but does provide more user choice. What to use is up to you. > I personally "DO" use CR on the machines that I manage. > >>> >>> The best policy is to stay with 5.7. >>> Why would anyone want to use 6.x with the issue? >>> All my boxes are still 5.7. >>> >>> Newer version doesn't mean better software. >> >> 6.x is FAR too advanced for me to stay with 5.x. I am in no hurry, but I >> have my goal in replacing my systems one-by-one as time permits. >> >> >> What interests me is where are centosplus kernels for 6.1/CR? >> I only see them in Toracats testing repo: >> http://centos.toracat.org/kernel/centos6/centosplus-testing/ >> >> > > we don't have a CR repo for centosplus ... and I do not see us creating > one. We are building and testing the plus kernels too and they will be > there on release of 6.1 ... or you can use the ones from toracat's repo. > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20111021/745cc6ab/attachment-0005.sig>