On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 7:24 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 03/28/2017 06:54 PM, Richard wrote:
> >
> >
> >>> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> OK guys, the CR release has happened.
> >>>
> >> Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 16:23:32 -0700
> >> From: Kay Schenk <kay.schenk@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Still only 6.8 on the mirror link you gave near as I can see.
> >> And, since I'm still on 32-bit ( no time to move on right now),
> >> will a 32-bit be included in 6.9?
> >>
>
> Yes, there are i386 and x86_64 rpms in 6.9.
>
> >
> > My read, and poking, is that what was released is the CR repo, and
> > that these will be released to production (as 6.9) "shortly". If you
> > enable the CR repo on your 6.x machine I believe you'll see these
> > updates, and can install them if you want to check things out. My
> > experience is that there will likely be a few updates from the CR
> > when the production set is released.
> >
> > If you go to:
> >
> > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.8/cr/<i386|x86_64>/Packages/
> >
> > you'll see that there are packages for both 32- and 64-bit, so you
> > should be getting 32-bit updates that will take you up to 6.9.
>
> Right. As Richard explained, CR goes in the current release (in this
> case, 6.8) and it is an 'optional way' to get the majority of the
> packages in the next release (in this case 6.9) early. It usually takes
> between 1 and 3 weeks to go from all the SRPMs are built to a fully
> installable tree and fully tested ISOs. In that interim period, if you
> want to get the RPMs early .. just for updating 6.8 current systems, not
> new installs, we created CR. More about what CR is and how to use it:
>
> https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR
>
> In this case, anaconda and centos-release are the only two SRPMs that
> are not released to 6.8/CR that are actually in 6.9.
>
> anaconda because it usually requires tweaking and multiple rebuilds to
> get it working correctly every point release cycle and its main purpose
> is to build the new install tree, which is not needed in CR.
>
> centos-release because that actually changes the redhat-release file in
> /etc/ to say 6.9 instead of 6.8 .. something we don't want until 6.9 is
> officially released.
>
> It is looking more and more likely that we will do the official release
> on Monday. April 3rd, 2017. The QA team has been testing and we have
> what I think is the final install tree and the final install ISOs.
>
> The only piece left is the Live Media (LiveCD, LiveDVD), which I am
> working on now actually. The release could be seeded and ready on
> Friday .. but we'll wait and do it on Monday to save some SysAdmins
> their time at home over the weekend and they can do upgrades next week :)
>
> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes
>
Thanks (again) Johnny. You, et. al., rock.
--
Matt Phelps
System Administrator, Computation Facility
Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
mphelps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.cfa.harvard.edu
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