Point Update [was Re: Why can't I ugrade Fedora like Centos?]

[Kevin J. Cummings]

On 11/07/2009 01:38 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 20:45 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> ...
>> Did you file any bug reports?  Fedora has a shorter lifecycle, no point
>> updates and software changes far more often...
> 
> I'm not familiar with the terms "point update" and "point release",
> which R.S. used in an earlier message.  What do they mean?

They refer to an update or release of a number which contains a non-zero
after the decimal point.  An update from, say, 5.4 to 5.5 would be a
point update, whereas an update from 5.4 to 6.0 would not.

5.5 would be a point release.  6.0 would not.

> Thanks - jon

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