On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:03:59 +0100 Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora leemhuis info> wrote: > That's another issue. But there is one thing about them that I never > understood: when does RH do them? Only for selected releases? Z-stream is for Server only, critical security only, and lasts until the third subsequent minor release. IE when 5.4 is released, the 5.1.z stream ends. It will be offered as a separate subscription, so you have to opt-in (and pay). > > And BTW: I'm wondering if EPEL should just ignore them for now; sure, > would be nice to support them, but I suspect we don't have the > manpower nor the tools to properly support them right now. Yeah, that > sucks, but there are bigger problems to solve first IMHO. Well, I was saying that they could be used as a source for an update that you need to get out between the period of say 5.2 releasing and CentOS catching up. You could do a "5" build using the 5.1.z stream released package in the buildroot and place it with confidence in your 5 directory. > > Please ping me for the next EPEL meeting as I'd like to discuss this > > during the meeting. > > Sure, will do (next meeting will be next weeks Wednesday at 18:00 UTC, > in case it matters), but maybe you can find the time to explain your > thoughts first here on the list first over the next few days -- having > the major thoughts shared before discussing a issue on IRC IMHO makes > everything a whole lot easier and quicker. And mailing lists have no > timezone problems ;-) I'm still trying to poke folks to get public docs up regarding the z-stream, which would make a discussion much more easily done. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
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