Am 20.11.2014 um 17:39 schrieb Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 11/20/2014 09:53 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
>>
>> Just wondering why in EL5's base repo the latest supported mysql
>> package is 5.5 and in EL6's base repo it is 5.1? Seems strange to me.
>>
>> (it is clear that the SCL of EL6 has version 5.5 but that implies a
>> different update policy).
>
> Because that is how Red Hat decided to handle MySQL in EL5. I agree
> with you that it seems strange ... CentOS just rebuilds the upstream
> source code. They did it, we duplicated it.
>
> In fact, the MySQL in EL5 is an SCL. It is the only SCL released for EL5
> and it is different than the EL6 ones (path wise, etc).
>
> BTW, I am sure they had their reasons, they would not have done it that
> way without good reasons as it is a fairly substantial change. I don't
> know what those reasons are however.
Without knowing exactly the reasons - EL5 vs. EL6 are structural
not so different (e.g. POSIX) that the reasons wouldn't apply also
to EL6. Anyway, it is like it is.
--
Thanks
LF
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