I think you guys hit the nail on the head about moving to Scientific Linux. The constant delays and lack of info regarding CentOS just pushed me over the edge. It'll be SL for me from now on.
On Mar 18, 2011 9:40 AM, "Thomas Boxley" <thomas@thomasboxley.me> wrote:
> 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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