Hi Troy,

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> suvayu ali wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I see that rolling SL6 alpha releases are already available. Is there
>> a time line on when stable or even beta releases for SL6 will be
>> available?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>
> Hi,
> We almost have the alpha out, expect it later today.  We're doing a few more
> tweeks to the image build scripts.
> At that point, it all depends on what you mean by stable.
> ***skip to bottom for short answer***
>
> We expect that *most* of the packages in os/Packages to remain the same.  If
> there are packages that just didn't build correct, they will be replaced.
>
> With SL6, we are trying one thing a little different.  In the past, we
> always put in the latest security and bugfix errata into the main package
> area (i386/SL or i386/SL/RPMS).  With SL6, we are trying to keep that area
> (os/Packages) stable, and just have the packages that can with RHEL6 in
> there.  There are some exceptions of course, for those packages  that we
> change.  But for the most part, that area should be stable.
> We are then putting all the security and bugfix updates into the updates
> area.
> We are able to do this, because we have changed the way we are building the
> installer.  It is much more flexible, and is able to combine the two area's
> easily.
> And if it doesn't work out, we can always go back to the way we did it
> before.
>
> Hmmm ... this is probably too much information, how about I answer your
> question with a short reply.
>
> ***short answer***
> Currently, we don't have an estimate when we will be in a more stable beta
> phase.  but the rolling area should be more stable than in past releases.
>

I read that as "stable enough to try it out on my new workstation this
January". ;) Thanks to the entire SL team for all the great work. :)

> Troy

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Suvayu

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