Why new software is only in the upcoming/current release?

(Giacomo Sanchietti) #1

There are 2 main reasons:

  • once 7.6 is out, 7.5 is dead: we are using the concept of “rolling release”, so old releases should be always updated to latest one. Also, old releases will not get any update (including security fixes from upstream)
  • supporting the same software on multiple platforms quickly become a mess
Nextcloud updates
My Locked 7.5's have or are updating to 7.6
(Alessio Fattorini) #2

Very good answer. We already know them very well but new people often don’t understand those dev processes. We should create a FAQ from this answer.

(HF) #3

Is this true for CentOS is not a rolling release?

(Giacomo Sanchietti) #4

CentOS is a rolling as RHEL.

(HF) #5

There is CentOS and CentOS rolling. On which is Nethserverbased please?

(Mark Verlinde) #6

Centos point releases are rolling:

https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-dcca41e9a3d5ac4c6d900a991990fd11930867d6

The CentOS Project provides updates or other changes ONLY for the latest version of each major branch.
Thus, if the latest minor version of CentOS-6 is version 6.6 then the CentOS Project only provides updated software for this minor version in the 6 branch.
If you are using an older minor version than the latest in a given branch, then you are missing security and bugfix updates.