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RHEL 6: already obsolete ?

RHEL 6: already obsolete ?

Posted Apr 22, 2010 12:35 UTC (Thu) by mmahut (guest, #45550)
In reply to: RHEL 6: already obsolete ? by danieldk
Parent article: RHEL 6 beta version available

Many bugfixes are fairly trivial, and can be verified and patched quickly.

Yes, but also many one-liner (and verified) bug fixes can break customers' high-production environment very badly. At the end of the day, it's about how much is the customer willing to risk for a specific bug fix.

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