On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:44 PM, John Summerfield
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> Keith Lofstrom wrote:
>
>  rg 7.1.1 (12 May 2006) that comes with the Scientific Linux 5.0 .
>
> >
> > 5.1 and 5.2(beta) also run 7.1.X X.org, right?
> >
> > This leads to a prediction question - involving crystal balls and
> > tea leaves, perhaps.  How likely is it that T.U.V. EL 5.3 (and thus
> > SL5.3) will upgrade to X.org 7.3?
> > If that is not likely to happen before EL6, what kind of pain is it
> > to make a local upgrade to X.org 7.3 and maintain it outside of the
> > automated update process?
> >
>
>  My crystal ball, fed on pure speculation based on the nexus between Fedora
> and EL suggests EL6 might not be far off, and that it would be based on
> Fedora 9 which is currently in beta.
>
>  The cycle as I recall it:
>  RHAS 2.1 based on RHL 7.2
>  RHEL3 FC1? or was it RHL 9? That one I'm not sure on
>  RHEL4 FC3
>  RHEL5 FC6 (beta together)
>  RHEL6 F9? What do _you_ think?

Possibly but in the past, there has been a lot of 'clues' in certain
deadlines of quality being met and some pre-announcements. It was also
that the F3/F6 cycles were longer than the current 6 month release
schedules Fedora is on. They usually have split off during the betas
of F6 and F3 and had the EL beta around the time F3/6 were released. I
think in this case EL-6 is going to fire off on the F10/11 cycle
(mainly also because there have been some major changes in F9's init
structure that need to be ironed out with a real release)

-- 
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"