On 11 July 2012 02:10, Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Steven Haigh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> On 11/07/2012 10:49 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >>> A particular client's mirror of CentOS exploded today with the >>> unannounced CentOS 6.3 release. Congratulations to them for such quick >>> work: is there a nominal release date for SL 6.3, so I can make sure >>> to allocate disk space? >> >> What is it with people thinking that CentOS is some kind of competition for >> SL or RHEL? >> >> Sure, CentOS do things differently. If it compiles, ship it. >> >> SL will more than likely do a Beta, RC, then release - just like they have >> with each other point release. > > Indeed. I hate to repeatedly quote my old post, but as far as there > are people who say "beat", I feel like doing it :) > > http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1201&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&P=17067 > > Akemi Furthermore, the release of CentOS 6.3 was not "unannounced". For the record, here is the official announcement -- http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2012-July/018706.html Alan.