On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Connie Sieh wrote:

> Robert,
> 
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Robert Haines wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I've seen some vague references to SL30rolling and SL40rolling both on 
> > the web and on this list. I gather that packages go in these 
> > repositories if they fall somewhere between releases (while testing them 
> > and so on), is this right?
> 
> You guess right,  rolling as in "moving".  What you see today is may not 
> be what you see tomorrow.

Also there is a mention of the use of "rolling" here

https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/30x/30rolling/

> 
> > 
> > Do (can?) people use the rolling repos to gradually move between 
> > releases (albeit carefully)? For example, I have SL4.0 on my desktop but 
> > would like to use 4.1 when it arrives. If I use the 40rolling repo 
> > instead of the 4.0 one will this be what I achieve?
> > 
> 
> Maybe.  Rolling releases should NOT be used for PRODUCTION.  You have to 
> define what PRODUCTION means to you.  Also since these releases are test 
> releases some things may not work as well as hoped.  So you have to be a 
> user that "can handle" these situations.
> 
> Most users should just wait for the "real" release.
> 
> > If I have completely the wrong end of the stick, please could you tell 
> > me what the rolling repos are for!
> > 
> 
> You got it right.
> 
> > Thank you,
> > Rob
> > 
> > 
> -Connie Sieh
> 
-Connie Sieh