Re: Speculation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Andrew Bacchi 
<bacchi-IL7dBOYR4Vg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This kind of question always brings out a wide spectrum of replies.  I
> absolutely hate upgrades.  I'm just now getting around to upping from AS 3
> to AS 4.  18 months is too short a time period between upgrades, I'd rather
> see 60 months, but that's just my selfish wish.
>

Hehe.. I have software running on 2.1 that the upstream vendor has
just gotten plans to update to EL-3. However, I also have some
colleges that didn't like our Linux lab because it didn't get updated
every 6 months to the latest fedora.

> I'm charged with building software for the many versions of RH I have on
> campus.  I even have to rebuild some software to accommodate minor kernel
> upgrades.  It's not an easy task, and it's very difficult to keep up with
> it.  A slower pace would be my preference.
>

Well you don't have to upgrade to X+1 you know :).. At 60 months, most
of your software would be running RHEL-2.

-- 
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How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"