Hi! I saw the explanation from Mark Post regarding the handle of levels for products such as openssh in an Enterprise distribution. What I like to know is about when is new functions integrated in the release of openssh in s390x, is it next year, or next Service Pack? In SLES10 SP2 I'm at level: openssh-4.2p1-18.38.3.
Med Vänlig Hälsning / Best Regards Bertil Starck Handelsbanken CDTI-O tel: +46 8 701 22 51 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: zLinux Suse 10 SP2 install product levels In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> On 11/12/2008 at 4:56 PM, Larry Uher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:=20 > I just installed the zLinux 10.2 starter system without any install = issues. > I noticed, for example, that product openssh is at version level 4.2p1. > Latest release is 5.1, so 4.2 is about 8 releases behind. Why so far = behind? Because that's what an Enterprise distribution means: stabiity. Security = fixes are back-ported, bugs are fixed, etc., but as much as possible, new = package versions are not shipped over the life of that level of the = distribution. It saves everyone (except the distribution provider) a lot = of hassle in terms of not having to certify a platform multiple times, not = having strange application problems develop, and on and on. > Is there a list of products such as this that need to be considered = for=20 > upgrading after installing 10.2? No. Just install maintenance, but not on the starter system itself. = That's intended to be an appliance that you don't have to mess with much. = Install a new guest using the starter system as the installation source, = and then put maintenance on _that_ system. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
