Re: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 1 *Beta* AvailabilityAnnouncement

[Tim Powers <timp redhat com>]

Peter Bowen wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 15:43, Tim Powers wrote:
>
> > > 	If that is the case, has the release name / designation number been
> > > decided upon?
> >
> > It has. If you look at /etc/redhat-release, the only difference will be 
> > that "beta" will be removed.
> >
> >
> > > 	Will the original release of RHEL 3 ISOs remain "active" on the RHN
> > > "software" tab?
> >
> > Yes, they should be.
>
>
> Once U1 is out, will Red Hat continue to release targeted security
> erratas based on the original packages, where necessary, or will all
> future security updates only extend the U1 versions of packages?

First, it's safe to consider the changed packages in Update 1 as a 
collection of erratas.

If a package requires an errata of any kind and the package has been 
released as an errata previously, then the new errata will be based off 
of the latest package (in this case what was already released as an errata).

If a package requires an errata and there are no previous erratas for 
that package, then the errata will be based off of the original GA'ed 
package.

Does this help?

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Tim Powers
Technical Lead, Release Engineering
Red Hat, Inc.