On 06/05/11 20:45, James McKenzie wrote: > 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 > I thought that the license of OpenSource distributio does not allow it to be bundled with closes proprietary software. So, does RHEL contain such proprietary SW? -- 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
