FEDORA and RHEL

[Bill Davidsen]

JD wrote:
> On 02/27/2011 11:38 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:04:50 -0800
>> JD<jd1008 at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone point me to any docs or info on the
>>> process (and frequency) of updating  RHEL with
>>> the bugfixes and new features added to the Fedora
>>> repos?
>> When there is a new major RHEL release mostly.
>>
>> So, RHEL6 just came out not too long ago, and was branched/based off
>> Fedora 12/13.
>>
>> RHEL5 was based off Fedora Core 6.
>>
>> There's likely cases where changes in Fedora packages are backported
>> into RHEL releases, but those are harder to quantify.
>>
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RHEL
>>
>> has more information.
>>
>> kevin
> Thanx a lot.
> I was hoping that the RHEL updates
> would have included the  tried and true, and very stable
> mods made in the  fedora releases/updates.
>
> To wait from FC6 until FC12/13 to produce RHEL6
> is an awfully long time :(
> So, I guess I will not be installing RHEL6.
>
If you want cutting edge go Fedora, if you want stable go RHEL. If you have 
better things to do with your time than upgrade twice a year, RHEL and bug fixes 
only.


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