On 11/05/2016 8:12 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > On Tue, May 10, 2016 3:57 pm, Liam O'Toole wrote: >> On 2016-05-10, Valeri Galtsev >> <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote: >>> >>> 1. Debian (and clones): you keep the components of the system pretty >>> much on the level of latest release of each of components. Therefore >>> "upgrade" to new release of the system is pretty close to just a >>> regular routine update. >> >> You are describing Debian sid/unstable, which is contunuously updated, >> and where there are no releases in the usual sense of the word. Debian >> stable releases are a different matter, and correspond very closely to >> major releases of RHEL/CentOS. There is always an upgrade path between >> consecutive releases of Debian stable. >> > > Yes, LTS, thanks Liam. Only LTS has life cycle of mere 2 years, whereas > RHEL (hence CentOS) is what, 10 years? I was pretty sure Debian does not > backport patches (of Linuxes no one except RH, as far as I know). How do > they do it with LTS? This would be a good question for the ubuntu users list . . . Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Do they just freeze major version, no matter what (it > is only 2 years the need)? > > Thanks. > Valeri > >> >> Liam >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Valeri Galtsev > Sr System Administrator > Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics > Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics > University of Chicago > Phone: 773-702-4247 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >