Another stupid question...

RonB · Post by **RonB** » 2010/05/22 19:46:52

I'm just curious. Since CentOS 5.x is at 5.5 and we still have about four years of support for it, what happens if we get more than four new point releases? ... 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9 and... 5.95(?). I guess this probably won't happen as, after the release of 6.x, the point releases in 5.x will probably slow down, but still I'm curious about what would happen if this came up.

EDIT: Basically answered here... http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/

I didn't realize that the seven years had three different "Production Stages." So 5's Stage 1 Production will end in less than a year. I guess it makes sense, the object is to get you to "ease" into the next major release as soon as possible.

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » 2010/05/23 05:58:55

9+1 == 10. 5.10 would follow 5.9.

Post by **toracat** » 2010/05/23 07:12:10

Actually... something like 5.95 might be used as a 6beta. I remember CentOS 5 beta was published as 4.92 :-)

RonB · Post by **RonB** » 2010/05/24 08:27:14

[quote]
jlehtone wrote:
9+1 == 10. 5.10 would follow 5.9.[/quote]

It turns out it was even a stupider question that I thought. DOH!

RonB · Post by **RonB** » 2010/05/24 08:29:11

[quote]
toracat wrote:
Actually... something like 5.95 might be used as a 6beta. I remember CentOS 5 beta was published as 4.92 :-)[/quote]

Ah. Didn't know that. Even stupid questions can result in interesting information.

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