The even number is merely selected as a reference point, nothing to do
with stable or unstable .
I'm aiming to create a controlled environment where there is less
that users can do to break their systems ...
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
<dennisml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 05/10/2012 08:55 AM, John R Pierce wrote:
>> On 05/09/12 10:36 PM, Gregory Machin wrote:
>>> I have a requirement where I need machines to only upgrade to even
>>> numbered sub releases eg: 6.0 , 6.2, 6.4 and only on my approval.
>>
>> thats a rather strange requirement. 6.1 is 6.0 with updates rolled up.
>>
>> a more sane requirement would be to only allow pre-tested updates, which
>> you'd do by testing the updates on a staging machine, then posting them
>> to your own internal yum repository which your production machines would
>> update from.
>>
>
> This requirement sounds suspiciously like it was made for software that
> uses the "even numer = stable release, odd number = development release"
> versioning method. Since that doesn't apply here the requirement doesn't
> make sense.
>
> Regards,
> Dennis
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