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RedHat also backports fixes, security patches, and (occasionally) features to existing RPMs without incrementing the minor version. For example fuzzywhatsit-3.
by Beermotor 3y ago
RedHat also backports fixes, security patches, and (occasionally) features to existing RPMs without incrementing the minor version.
For example fuzzywhatsit-3.0 in RHEL could be functionally equivalent to 3.5 in another distro.
- yrro 3y agoThey even rebase packages to new upstream versions in point releases (where doing so maintains backwards compatibility, of course).