CentOS - Mar 2006 - Why does CentOS 3.X still use yum 2.0.8?

I understand that the CentOS packages track the upstream vendor''s 
packages as closely as possible.  In the case of yum, which as far as 
I''m aware is added by the CentOS team, I''m curious why it
isn''t upgraded
to a newer version that uses the repomd format.  "yum" operations on 
CentOS 4 seem to be significantly faster than those on CentOS 3.  I 
recall a yum upgrade happening between CentOS 4.1 and 4.2, and I''m 
wondering if such an upgrade could happen on CentOS 3 as well...

Thanks,
Greg

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On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 10:46:45AM -0700, Greg Bailey
wrote:
> I understand that the CentOS packages track the upstream vendor''s 
> packages as closely as possible.  In the case of yum, which as far as 
> I''m aware is added by the CentOS team, I''m curious why it
isn''t upgraded
> to a newer version that uses the repomd format.  "yum" operations
on
> CentOS 4 seem to be significantly faster than those on CentOS 3.  I 
> recall a yum upgrade happening between CentOS 4.1 and 4.2, and I''m
> wondering if such an upgrade could happen on CentOS 3 as well...
I''m just answering this from the top of my head, and is based on
no study or evidence whatsoever.

But my guess would be that to upgrade yum to a newer version would
require python to be upgraded as well, that is why you don''t get
new versions on CentOS 3.

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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob@suespammers.org>
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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