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On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:48 AM, Winnie Lacesso
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> In 2009 I was surprised to learn from this useful+informative SL-User's
> list, that CentOS does not always release security updates in a timely
> manner:
>
<snip>
>
> Question: that was in 2009. Does anyone know, is the above still true of
> CentOS? (Apols - I don't wish to join CentOS list just to find that out &
> am unable to find out via some searching)
> (We are debating building some new servers as SL vs CentOS, & timely
> security updates are relevant to us)

I no longer use CentOS but I *think* that this was remedied through
the creation of a "Continuous Release" ("CR") repo.

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