Re: Adding Oracle Linux to the Linux Download pages

On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Lenz Grimmer <lenz(at)grimmer(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Magnus,
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> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>wrote:
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>> Does Oracle Linux use the same version numbering? Right now it's
>> "RHEL/CentOS/SL 5" - is that equivalent of "Oracle Linux 5", and
>> "RHEL/CentOS/SL 6" is equivalent of "Oracle Linux 6"?
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> Yes, that's correct - the major version numbers and the respective update
> releases of Oracle Linux are equivalent to upstream RHEL.
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>> What's the typical abbreviation used for Oracle Linux? OL?
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> Yes, even though the long variant is preferred. It's definitely *not*
> "OEL" or "Unbreakable Linux" - these brand names have been obsoleted more
> than three years ago.
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Yeah, we don't really have space for the long variant in the version list.
We abbreviate with RHEL and SL there already, so we should do the same here.

I have pushed an update with this information which should hit the website
within an hour. Reviews are appreciated, as I changed some other things
around as well to make things more clear (for example, trying to
consistently refer to things as "RedHat Family" of distributions).

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