Re: New CentOS releases

[Thomas Boxley <thomas@thomasboxley.me>]

I've basically lost hope. They've just delayed and delayed 5.6 and 6.0. If
you use CentOS, you're better off going with Scientific Linux, which is
also basically just a rebranded version of RHEL.

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:13:05 -0500, Kevin Thomas <axel2078@gmail.com>
wrote:
> These constant delays and lack of regular announcements from the
developers
> led me to jump ship to Scientific Linux 6.  They may have their own
> problems at times, but at least they managed to get their release out the
> door.  There doesn't seem to be much going on with CentOS right now in
> regard to version 6 since they are focused on 5.6.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> On Mar 16, 2011, at 10:58 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> 
>> Uh... There aren't any, and there's no word on what is delaying the
>> CentOS 5.6 release. At 20:57 tonight (about two hours ago), Alan
>> Bartlett posted this to the CentOS 5 General Support Forum:
>> 
>> -----------
>> Yes, slippage has obviously occurred. 
>> 
>> I am still awaiting my weekly briefing by Karanbir on the status of
>> CentOS 5.6. Once I have some information I shall promptly relay it to
>> everyone, via the relevant announcement thread.
>> -----------
>> 
>> All CentOS developers are working on getting the 5.6 release out the
>> door before they start on CentOS 6. Their thought is that they have a
>> known base of CentOS 5 users to support, and anybody who wants CentOS 6
>> that badly can always pay Red Hat for RHEL 6.
>> 
>> There's some grumbling that Scientific Linux 6 (also based on RHEL 6)
>> was released a few days ago. Maybe, and maybe not. I don't know, and
>> don't really care much about SL. It doesn't matter who's first (or
>> second, or...). The only thing that really matters is that ALL the
>> packages in any particular release are done right. For me it's a domino
>> thing: I can't upgrade to RHEL 6 until CentOS 6 is released with its
>> compatible {Open|Libre}Office because Red Hat doesn't offer the office
>> suite with its server variant. Why that's so makes no sense to me, but
>> hey ... I'm just the customer.
>> 
>> --Doc
>> 
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