Am 20.11.2014 um 17:39 schrieb Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>: > On 11/20/2014 09:53 AM, Leon Fauster wrote: >> >> Just wondering why in EL5's base repo the latest supported mysql >> package is 5.5 and in EL6's base repo it is 5.1? Seems strange to me. >> >> (it is clear that the SCL of EL6 has version 5.5 but that implies a >> different update policy). > > Because that is how Red Hat decided to handle MySQL in EL5. I agree > with you that it seems strange ... CentOS just rebuilds the upstream > source code. They did it, we duplicated it. > > In fact, the MySQL in EL5 is an SCL. It is the only SCL released for EL5 > and it is different than the EL6 ones (path wise, etc). > > BTW, I am sure they had their reasons, they would not have done it that > way without good reasons as it is a fairly substantial change. I don't > know what those reasons are however. Without knowing exactly the reasons - EL5 vs. EL6 are structural not so different (e.g. POSIX) that the reasons wouldn't apply also to EL6. Anyway, it is like it is. -- Thanks LF