[CentOS] What happened to 6.1

On Fri, October 21, 2011 16:24, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 10/21/2011 09:17 AM, Giles Coochey wrote:
>>
>> However, if I install whatever latest version of an operating system
>> distribution. I expect to be able to run something that will give me
>> stable security-updates for that distribution.
>>
>> It appears that this is not the case, and my only option is to take my
>> servers down the beta route to Centos 6.1 Release Candidates.
>>
>> Other than that - the only advice given so far is: remain vulnerable to
>> attack.
>
> Do you see anything that says Beta or Release Candidate?
>

Well, earlier in the discussion, we heard that these updates have not
passed through the full QA process, so it seems QA is being performed by
the userbase, so yes - to me, that sounds like Beta.

> You could always PAY for the original and get the updates as they are
> released ... OR ... you can build them yourself.  We are doing this as
> fast as we can.
>

Your work is appreciated, look - this isn't an attack on the distribution.
I'm not having a go at the volunteers. Sorry if it came out that way.

> If you need SLA type support, then CentOS is likely NOT the distro for
> you as it does not have SLAs.  It is a distribution built and released
> by volunteers for you to use or not use as you see fit.  If you need the
> updates faster than we can deliver them, you must either learn to build
> them yourself or find another way.
>

At work I use Redhat, at home I use CentOS, but that doesn't mean it
shouldn't have a sane release process.

> There is nothing BETA about the CR repo ... it is the CR repo.
>

See my comments above, and review earlier posts in this thread.