[Gllug] Red Hat 9.0

[Stephen Harker]

Ian Northeast wrote:
> Simon Morris wrote:
> 
> 
>>I guessing most of you know already but for those that don't....
>>
>>Red Hat 9.0 is released on 31st March to RHN subscribers and a week later
>>for FTP downloads..
>>
>>Now what I don't understand is what will be *so* new that they haven't
>>gone for 8.1, 8.2, 8.3. Also why not wait for the 2.6 kernel to be
>>released to mark a major version release.
> 
> 
> AIUI from the many NG discussions on the subject, they have upgraded
> glibc so that it is not binary compatible with 8.0 so it has to be a
> major release.
> 
> They have often produced major releases without updating the kernel
> release. IIRC 7.0 had 2.2, 7.1 had 2.4, 8.0 has 2.4. There doesn't seem
> to be a lot of correalation between major release numbers and kernel
> versions.

Have a look at this thread for more information...

https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/phoebe-list/2003-March/004919.html

SteveH



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