On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Nicolas Kovacs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just took a peek at the download page for SL 5, and I only see 5.5. Does
> SL 5.6 exist somewhere, or has it never be released? If that's the case, is
> it simply a matter of install medium, e. g. are the updates for 5.5 (after a
> 'yum update') equal to a 5.6 install? I'd like to ask specifically, because
> I'd like to use SL 5 for a webserver, and AFAIK, RHEL 5.6 has replaced PHP
> 5.1.6 by PHP 5.3, which would be very welcome.

SL is better about the rolling updates than CentOS's  slow and delayed
release process. You should be able to install SL 5.5, run the
updates, and be quite close to an RHEL 5.6 working environment which
is kept patched.

This matches the model our favorite upstream vendor tries to provide.
The 5.1, 5.2, etc. release are *NOT* supposed ot represent locked in
and permanent for stability releases, but rather mileposts on the
ongoing software maintenance and update process for bug fixes and new
platform support.