[plug] re: RHL Professional

[Craig Ringer]

> According to someting from a senior rh engineer I read when 9 first came 
> out, a point release means binary compatability has been retained.  If 
> binary compatability has been broken, it means a new major version no. 
> According to that, a point release should be a mostly hassle free update 
> without breaking any apps... mostly... maybe?...

Not especially. They've switched to NGPT (?) for their threading, which 
means a big glibc change. Some apps get quite confused, including WINE 
and some Java VMs. Other than that, it looks pretty compatable.

Craig