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RHEL 5.4 released

RHEL 5.4 released

Posted Sep 2, 2009 18:51 UTC (Wed) by dowdle (subscriber, #659)
In reply to: RHEL 5.4 released by qg6te2
Parent article: RHEL 5.4 released

Starting with kernel X and staying with kernel X for the duration of the release and updates has been Red Hat's thing since RHEL 2.1, 3, 4, and now 5. Please see any of Jon Corbet's articles about "Enterprise" distros and their kernels and why they backport patches not just for the kernel but for most everything else too.

Novell, as I understand it, is the same way too... because they also have an "Enterpise" release.

I'm not sure about Ubuntu's LTS release. I'd guess it is the same.

Debian has also been known for just backporting things.

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RHEL 5.4 released

Posted Sep 2, 2009 19:22 UTC (Wed) by foom (subscriber, #14868) [Link]

> Debian has also been known for just backporting things.

Generally not major new subsystems, though, as RedHat does.

And in Debian's last release (etch), they in fact did introduce a new kernel in an update. It
was an optional install -- you had to specifically ask for the new kernel if you wanted it,
and the old kernel remained supported.

http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080726


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