 | | | Are Red Hat changing philosophy of updates? | Are Red Hat changing philosophy of updates? 2005-05-20 - By Ed Greshko
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Bill Medland wrote:
> I've just received a "Welcome to Red Hat Advisor" email. It
> talks about a RHEL3U5 Beta and RHEL4U1 Beta.
>
> I was under the impression (including based on a reply I think I
> got on this list) that the updates were merely a repackaging of
> the previous update plus all rpms upgraded since that time.
> Thus there would be no difference between installing an early
> update plus running up2date as opposed to installing the latest
> update.
>
> Mentioning a beta seems to suggest that the product being beta-ed
> is something more that simply a repackaging.
>
> Is Red Hat about to confuse things or is there some other reason
> for releasing betas of updates?
I've not read the "Welcome to Red Hat Advisor" email....but things
haven't changed at all at Red Hat.
There has always been a beta release period for the next update. For
example, they have just sent out the notice for "Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3 Update 5 Availability Announcement". Prior to that, there was a
beta period for the community to test Update 5. Sometime in the not to
distant future there will be a RHELv3_U6 Beta available...and after
testing/verification it will be "released".
And, yes, the beta (and the update release) is not simply "repackaging".
I guess you can call it "bug/security fix" rollup.
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