Re: [CentOS] when is the o.s. considered to be at a certain minor version? Or, is it safe to apply only certain package updates from the next release version?

2012-05-11 Thread Jim Wildman
If you dig through the Red Hat site enough, you will find that there is no Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2. There is only RHEL6. 5.x,6.x are NOT defined outside of what is on the isos. So far as I know, it applies to CentOS. This is not Solaris/AIX/HPUX/Windows. There are no defined releases or

Re: [CentOS] when is the o.s. considered to be at a certain minor version? Or, is it safe to apply only certain package updates from the next release version?

2012-05-10 Thread Phil Schaffner
Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote on 05/10/2012 05:56 PM: > I do not agree with "minor versions are only snapshots in time when > install media is re-generated". I should have left only part of the > sentence I disagree with. What's not to agree with in that? It may be incomplete, but not incorrect. W

Re: [CentOS] when is the o.s. considered to be at a certain minor version? Or, is it safe to apply only certain package updates from the next release version?

2012-05-10 Thread Rob Kampen
On 05/11/2012 08:14 AM, Jon Detert wrote: > Two related questions about the minor release numbers (e.g. the 'x' in 5.x or > 6.x) : > > 1) What constitutes the o.s. being at a particluar minor release? Typically, > when you install you are getting a package set available from a specific > minor

Re: [CentOS] when is the o.s. considered to be at a certain minor version? Or, is it safe to apply only certain package updates from the next release version?

2012-05-10 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> > I do not agree with "minor versions are only snapshots in time when > install media is re-generated". I should have left only part of the > sentence I disagree with. They coincide with batches of less critical fixes so if you are in

Re: [CentOS] when is the o.s. considered to be at a certain minor version? Or, is it safe to apply only certain package updates from the next release version?

2012-05-10 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 05/10/2012 11:48 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> >> I can not agree with this. Minor versions also introduce newer kernels >> (hardware support) and some changes in packages that are not done during >> regular update releases. Certain tec

Re: [CentOS] when is the o.s. considered to be at a certain minor version? Or, is it safe to apply only certain package updates from the next release version?

2012-05-10 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > > I can not agree with this. Minor versions also introduce newer kernels > (hardware support) and some changes in packages that are not done during > regular update releases. Certain technological previews are also > introduced and so o

Re: [CentOS] when is the o.s. considered to be at a certain minor version? Or, is it safe to apply only certain package updates from the next release version?

2012-05-10 Thread John R Pierce
On 05/10/12 2:12 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > I can not agree with this. Minor versions also introduce newer kernels > (hardware support) and some changes in packages that are not done during > regular update releases. Certain technological previews are also > introduced and so on. Those 'newe

Re: [CentOS] when is the o.s. considered to be at a certain minor version? Or, is it safe to apply only certain package updates from the next release version?

2012-05-10 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 05/10/2012 10:35 PM, Scott Silva wrote: > on 5/10/2012 1:14 PM Jon Detert spake the following: >> Two related questions about the minor release numbers (e.g. the 'x' in 5.x >> or 6.x) : >> >> 1) What constitutes the o.s. being at a particluar minor release? >> Typically, when you install you

Re: [CentOS] when is the o.s. considered to be at a certain minor version? Or, is it safe to apply only certain package updates from the next release version?

2012-05-10 Thread Scott Silva
on 5/10/2012 1:14 PM Jon Detert spake the following: > Two related questions about the minor release numbers (e.g. the 'x' in 5.x or > 6.x) : > > 1) What constitutes the o.s. being at a particluar minor release? Typically, > when you install you are getting a package set available from a specif