>> * As mentioned before, Scientific Linux 6.0 is out. What hasn't been
>> mentioned here is that while SL 5.6 hasn't come out, 5.6 security
>> updates are being backported to SL 5.5. Ditto with SL 4 (no 4.9 but
>> security patches look current)
>>
> And we try very hard not to release things until they pass our QA testing.
Let me make something clear: I have been a CentOS user since 2006. I
really, really appreciate all of the contributions the CentOS team has
made--contributions which have been made without being properly
compensated for the time and effort made.
> We are still finding and correcting issues with the 5.6 things that we
> have built (things not properly linking when compared to upstream, etc).
As I mentioned before, the CentOS team owes me nothing. If the CentOS
team decides tomorrow that deathmatching Nexuiz (errr, Xonotic,
because how dare anyone try making money with their open-source
project) is more fun than making security updates and getting 5.6 or 6
out the door, enjoy yourselves! CentOS does not owe me a single
release more or even a single security update.
For me, I would rather have timely releases and security updates than
guaranteed binary compatibility. My appeal of a RHEL clone is that I
will be able to use a RHEL 5 clone until 2014 (RHEL 6 clone until
2017) and have security issues fixed.
Anyway, thank you for the great work, and it has been a pleasure using
CentOS for so many years!
- Sam
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