From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Harrison Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:41 AM To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] OT: Custom RPM from Red Hat?
Hi, If you need the latest software versions why not use Fedora? The versions of software are updated more frequently. The RHEL versions of software may be annoyingly behind, but I like the stability offered by RHEL. With new versions of software (seen in Fedora), new uncertainties / incompatibilities occur with other software. I remember with Redhat 9. We were trying to use it in a production environment. Red Hat would then release a new major version of Glib (for example) and our software would break. With RHEL because major versions of software don't change to often, you can depend on stability. James We need some new security features. That was why we had to get alternate packages. We are careful whenever we deviate from the distro. But sometimes you just have too. Like I said, it's just the cost for accepting the model as is.
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