On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 19:29, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> Wile I wasn't looking, a new term has seemingly become widespread--what 
> exactly does "respin" mean? I've looked in several online dictionaries 
> without success.
> 
> I have found lots of places where the word is used.  From context it 
> seems to mean:
> 
> 1.  The original release is no good. Throw it away and use this one.
> 
> or 2.  Respin n == update n (or n+1?).
> 
> or 3.  Respin n == release n (or n+1?).
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I have seen 'respin' on RHEL product undoubtedly because the
distribution has a longevity of 5 years and new kernels/hardware/updated
packages have all been released. For example, the newest respin I
believe can use SATA disks even though the RHEL 3 product is still on
2.4.x kernel. Thus, RHEL 3 can be installed on newer hardware and the
burden of running up2date (or yum/apt update on RHEL clones) should be
considerably less draining.

It doesn't mean that the original release isn't any good...it is an
acknowledgment that it is a moment in time.

Craig

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