I''ve just started using CentOS as an alternative OS for some servers for a project. At the time 3.4 was the release of choice. I''m curious how long the CentOS project will release fixes and patched rpms for 3.4 before it would be necessary to migrate these machines to 4.x. I rather know in advance so I can plan accordingly and slowly migrate these over time. I do realize that 4.x has many improvements as well as the 2.6 kernel but at this time 3.4 is fitting the bill quite nicely. Great work with the project. -- William
well, it should be the same as RHEL Alan :-) William Suffill wrote:>I''ve just started using CentOS as an alternative OS for some servers >for a project. At the time 3.4 was the release of choice. I''m curious >how long the CentOS project will release fixes and patched rpms for >3.4 before it would be necessary to migrate these machines to 4.x. I >rather know in advance so I can plan accordingly and slowly migrate >these over time. I do realize that 4.x has many improvements as well >as the 2.6 kernel but at this time 3.4 is fitting the bill quite >nicely. > >Great work with the project. > >-- William >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS@caosity.org >http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > >
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:39:50 +0000, Newsletter <newsletter@acsoftware.org> wrote:> well, it should be the same as RHEL >> William Suffill wrote: > > >I''ve just started using CentOS as an alternative OS for some servers > >for a project. At the time 3.4 was the release of choice. I''m curious > >how long the CentOS project will release fixes and patched rpms for > >3.4 before it would be necessary to migrate these machines to 4.x.And, to avoid some googling, what might the release/maintenance schedule for RHEL be? -- Collins
> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org]On> Behalf Of Collins Richey > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:29 PM > To: CentOS discussion and information list > Subject: Re: [Centos] CentOS Release Lifespan > > On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:39:50 +0000, Newsletter > <newsletter@acsoftware.org> wrote: > > well, it should be the same as RHEL > > > > > William Suffill wrote: > > > > >I''ve just started using CentOS as an alternative OS for someservers> > >for a project. At the time 3.4 was the release of choice. I''mcurious> > >how long the CentOS project will release fixes and patched rpms for > > >3.4 before it would be necessary to migrate these machines to 4.x. > > And, to avoid some googling, what might the release/maintenance > schedule for RHEL be?http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:mkqALpj7pY4J:www.redhat.com/securit y/updates/+redhat+security+updates&hl=en -- Marc
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:31:37 -0600, Marc Powell <marc@ena.com> wrote:>http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:mkqALpj7pY4J:www.redhat.com/securit> y/updates/+redhat+security+updates&hl=en >OK, thanks. The details for any RHEL release are approximately the same as this extract --- Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 General Availability: Feb 15, 2005 Full Support (including hardware updates): Feb 15, 2005 to Aug 31, 2008 Deployment Support: Feb 15, 2005 to Feb 29, 2008 Maintenance Support: Mar 1, 2008 to Feb 29, 2012 --- i.e. 3 years of full support and 4 additional years of maintenance support. Is there an official CentOS directive I can reference that confirms this, or does CentOS rely totally on RH? -- Collins
I believe CentOS follows the RH schedule... as long as RH support it... so do CentOS. :) On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:52:29 -0700, Collins Richey <crichey@gmail.com> wrote:> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:31:37 -0600, Marc Powell <marc@ena.com> wrote: > > > http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:mkqALpj7pY4J:www.redhat.com/securit > > y/updates/+redhat+security+updates&hl=en > > > > OK, thanks. The details for any RHEL release are approximately the > same as this extract > > --- > Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 > General Availability: Feb 15, 2005 > Full Support (including hardware updates): Feb 15, 2005 to Aug 31, 2008 > Deployment Support: Feb 15, 2005 to Feb 29, 2008 > Maintenance Support: Mar 1, 2008 to Feb 29, 2012 > --- > > i.e. 3 years of full support and 4 additional years of maintenance support. > > Is there an official CentOS directive I can reference that confirms > this, or does CentOS rely totally on RH? > > -- > Collins > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:37:03 +1100, Matt Bottrell <mbottrell@gmail.com> wrote:> I believe CentOS follows the RH schedule... as long as RH support > it... so do CentOS. :)Right, this is not a backport / patch project. It''s "only" a recompile of RH-provided SRPMs. Francois