[WBEL-users] WBEL 4 upgrade question

[donavan nelson]

Benjamin Smith wrote:
> On Monday 14 February 2005 19:05, Craig White wrote:
> 
>>I thought another respin of 3 was in the works...did that just get the
>>back seat?
> 
> I sure hope so! I've been putting off some O/S upgrades pending the release of 
> WBEL4... (or CentOS 4, but I like WBEL's community better) 
> 
> Other than a little less wait on the very first "yum -y update", what's the 
> advantage of a respin? 

you install and connect a system to the internet (if using a public 
mirror) that is more up to date.  I.E., your box is less likely to be 
exploited because it's not running packages that are 8-9 months old.

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