On 6/5/11 8:11 PM, Ian Pilcher wrote: > On 06/05/2011 07:42 PM, Alex wrote: >> I recall reading that CentOS is having trouble keeping up with the >> latest RHEL. Is this currently a problem? Any input on whether future >> updates will be delayed as well? > CentOS 5.6 was released several months after RHEL 5.6, and CentOS 6 > still hasn't been released. (RHEL 6.1 was just recently released.) > > As they say in the investment business, "past performance is no > guarantee of future results." I don't think anyone can really say > with confidence what the future holds for any of the distributions > that are derived from RHEL sources. > > (For the sake of full disclosure, I do work for Red Hat. Hopefully, > everything I've written above is relatively uncontroversial.) > The problem with CentOS updating to RHEL 6.x releases is the amount of imbedded RH information that they have to remove, by law. Once that is complete, there should be a CentOS 6.x release. I will not blame RedHat for this, the codebase is different and more files means more stuff to remove/replace. BTW, I do work with RHEL 5.5/5.6 at my workplace and we are looking to move to 6.x as soon as it is approved. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
