Well, RHEL is set to provide non-breaking software for the time a major release will exist, that's something they've decided as an OS vendor. You're free to run your own version, just be aware that it's unsupported by RHEL
RHEL isn't the solution if you want cutting edge versions of software, however they do opt for shipping stable releases and maintain them if the official vendor decides to stop supporting it. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Norman Branitsky <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 4:26:52 PM To: haproxy Subject: RHEL distribution still uses HAProxy 1.5 We opened a ticket with RHEL Support to ask when they would upgrade to at least HAProxy 1.7. This was their reply: Most recent comment: On 2018-05-01 10:22:28, Patil, Ravindra commented: "Hello The reason 1.7 (as well and 1.6 and 1.8) are not in RHEL is due to backward compatibility. We can't simply rebase haproxy in RHEL to the latest release -- we would break existing deployments. This is a non-starter. We have added haproxy 1.8 to RHSCL 3.1 which should be released soon. But it will never been in base RHEL. There are no defects in 1.5. It is extremely stable. Far more stable that 1.7 or 1.8. Regards Ravindra Patil Red Hat Global Support Comments?
