Re: CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

[Nicolas Thierry-Mieg <Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg@xxxxxxx>]

Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> Vreme: 10/08/2011 02:34 PM, Timothy Murphy piše:
>> I don't really understand the function of this repository,
>> or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository?
>>
>> I read the outline at
>> <http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR>,
>> and added the repository on two CentOS machines.
>> On yum-updating some 450MB of updates were installed.
>> Both machines appear to be running perfectly well.
>>
>
> Every minor version is treated as upgrade, not update. If CR packages
> would be added to existing updates 6.0 repository, what would people who
> want ONLY 6.0 do? There are many other more compelling reasons, but even
> this one is enough.
>

the vast majority of people who want "only 6.0" don't understand the 
centos release process.
I'ld say the main reason for CR is conformance to upstream.
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