Hi Pat,

Thanks.  I think so.  If I understand this correctly, I only need to 
sync the 6x release to a private mirror, to have the latest release.  
Also, if I want to stick on 6.5 I guess I only need to sync the 6.5 repo?

Regards,
Robin.

On 30/09/14 14:18, Pat Riehecky wrote:
> On 09/30/2014 06:09 AM, Robin Long wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Whilst I am sure this must have been discussed before I cannot find 
>> any information on it.
>>
>> I am looking at creating a local(private) mirror for some of our 
>> servers, but it is not clear which repos are needed and indeed what 
>> they do.
>>
>> Looking at version 6 specifically we have
>>
>> 6 (i386/x86_64/external_products sym linked to 6x)
>> 6x (i386/x86_64 sym linked to 6.5)
>> 6.5
>> 6.4
>> 6.3
>> 6.2
>> 6.1
>> 6.0
>> 6rolling
>>
>> I assume that 6 and 6x are symlinked for backwards compatability, is 
>> this correct? and that 6x always links to the latest minor release?
>> I see that 6x is a repo in 6.4 and 6.5 installs, but does not exist 
>> in the <6.3 repos
>> Also is 6rolling essentially testing?
>>
>> Since I am a little short on disk space for hosting this, do I need 
>> all minor releases?  Or just the ones for the minor releases we have 
>> running?  If I have a 6.2 OS, can I just add the 6x repo and update 
>> making it a 6.5?  Do I have to do anything else?
>>
>> Regards
>> Robin.
>
> Does this documentation help clarify the issue: 
> http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-releases/#version-number
>
>
> Pat
>