Hi Troy, Thanks for this this information.
Which release has the higher priority? SL 6.0 or SL 5.6? Thank you for your work on SL Linux. Best regards, Morten > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:owner- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Troy Dawson > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: SL policy on errata that came out with the 5.6 release > > Hello, > Since there are many people new to the SL mailing list since the last > update, I figure I should send out an email explaining the procedure > for > security errata that comes out when a new release comes out. > > First, the kernel. > As a policy, we do not release the kernel that comes out with a new > release as a security errata. In this case, the kernel is > 2.6.18-238.el5. This kernel will not go out as a security errata for > the other SL5 releases. We will build it, and it will go into the 5.6 > alpha, so people can get it there if they want. > > Security errata. > We do build and push out the other security errata, as long as they are > not tied to the kernel. > > Note 1: Because there is a huge amount of packages to build with the > beginning of a release, it takes more time to actually build the > packages. So be patient. > > Note 2: The Upstream Vendor doesn't test these security updates on > their > earlier updates, so dependencies often creep in. Because of that, > these > security updates require alot of testing, and take longer to get done. > > Thank You > Troy Dawson > -- > __________________________________________________ > Troy Dawson [email protected] (630)840-6468 > Fermilab ComputingDivision/SCF/FEF/SLSMS Group > __________________________________________________
