On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

On Fri, 25 May 2012, Stefan Lasiewski wrote:
>
> I have a question regarding the various RPM repos for the SL6.
>>
>> Some of the repos have a major.minor version number:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6.0/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.0/>
>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6.1/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.1/>
>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6.2/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.2/>
>>
>> And then there are repos for the '6' and '6x' releases:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6/>
>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6x/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/>
>>
>
> The subdirectories of //ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6/<http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6/>just point to //
> ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6x/<http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/>.  This was just to make it easy to find "6" .
>
>
>> and a repo named '6rolling':
>>
>> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/**linux/scientific/6rolling/<ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/>
>>
>> My questions:
>>
>> - What are the differences between these different kinds of repos?
>> - When should I be tracking the '6' repository vs the 6.2 repository vs.
>> the '6rolling' repository?
>>
>
> 6x is a symbolic link that points to the "current" release of 6. This is
> so you always "find" the current release.  We also provide a "yum-conf"
> which which "points" to 6x.  When a new "point" release is made all the
> systems with their yum-confs "pointing" to 6x will be updated to this newer
> version.  Note the "non yum-conf 6x" will keep the system at that point
> release.
>

I am mostly interested in security updates, and am less interested in
feature updates. Will the 6.N repositories (6.1, 6.2, etc) continue to
receive security updates for several years, or should I consider upgrading
to the next point release (From 6.1 to 6.2, for example) in order to
continue receiving security updates?


> We will update the faq.  This is a very good question for it.
>

Thank you Connie!

-= Stefan



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