Hi Troy,

Thanks for this this information.

Which release has the higher priority? SL 6.0 or SL 5.6?

Thank you for your work on SL Linux.

Best regards,

Morten

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> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:11 PM
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> Subject: SL policy on errata that came out with the 5.6 release
> 
> Hello,
> Since there are many people new to the SL mailing list since the last
> update, I figure I should send out an email explaining the procedure
> for
> security errata that comes out when a new release comes out.
> 
> First, the kernel.
> As a policy, we do not release the kernel that comes out with a new
> release as a security errata.  In this case, the kernel is
> 2.6.18-238.el5.  This kernel will not go out as a security errata for
> the other SL5 releases.  We will build it, and it will go into the 5.6
> alpha, so people can get it there if they want.
> 
> Security errata.
> We do build and push out the other security errata, as long as they are
> not tied to the kernel.
> 
> Note 1: Because there is a huge amount of packages to build with the
> beginning of a release, it takes more time to actually build the
> packages.  So be patient.
> 
> Note 2: The Upstream Vendor doesn't test these security updates on
> their
> earlier updates, so dependencies often creep in.  Because of that,
> these
> security updates require alot of testing, and take longer to get done.
> 
> Thank You
> Troy Dawson
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