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Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]>
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Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:43:07 +0100
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Troy Dawson wrote:
> Hi,
> This is my last e-mail for the day.  I'm going to go home and think, but
> here are some thoughts.
> 

Mine too, I'm going to sleep ;-)

> First - I think that for at least S.L. 5.0 we should do it completely
> independent of CentOS.  

[..]

> So, I'm planning on forging ahead with S.L. 5.0 on our own, no matter
> what we decide for S.L. 5.1.

My personal feeling (and past experiences when going from
RH 6 -> 7 -> CEL3 -> SLC3 -> SLC4) is that the good
time for a change is rather between major than minor releases ...
(but this is just my 2 cents..)

> Cons:
> CentOS does *not* have an open development cycle.  There are no beta's.
>  For the average user, it just comes.

I think they actually do have this:

http://beta.centos.org/

Jarek
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