On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:07:55 -0400 Herb Thompson <herbth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious. Does this change in the way Red Hat "publishes" kernel > patches have any adverse consequences for SL? > > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/red_hat_twarts_oracle_and_novell_with_change_to_source_code_packaging/ No. It's only relevant if you have to patch the RHEL kernel sources, like Oracle does. Scientific Linux (and standard CentOS) kernels are not modified, as patched kernels could (at least in theory) result in less than complete compatibility. There was a little discussion already, in the SL6 release announcement thread.
