CentOS 7.4 1708: Red Hat released it Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 on 1th August 2017. Of course, as I had mentioned, since then I have been waiting (and probably all friends of the distribution) for the upcoming 'Release Point' του CentOS, που σημαίνει ότι η κύρια έκδοση μιας διανομής (στην προκειμένη περίπτωση το CentOS Linux 7) is updated to version 4 from the Red Hat source code.
As I mentioned in the release of Red Hat's new release, CentOS friends will have to wait around a month to update the distribution. 
Actually according to a CentOS blog post, the upcoming version of CentOS Linux 7 (1708) is already on the developers screens. Let's mention that the Red Hat source code has updated distribution in about 700 packages.
So the upcoming release of CentOS 7.4 1708 should have the corresponding ones updates. Η διαδικασία που ακολουθεί το CentOS Project για κάθε νέα έκδοση είναι η εξής:
When there is a new version of the RHEL 7 source code, the public version of the source code goes up on the CentOS git server (git.centos.org). They then use a published set of tools to create RPM sources from the git source code. This is how the development of the CentOS Linux update will begin. A program called mock is used to create binary RPM bundles from SRPMs.
The CentOS operating system is developed by a community of open source contributors. Typically the users of CentOS are companies and individuals who do not need strong commercial support for their operating system.
CentOS is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 100% Compatible Rebuild that fully complies with Red Hat's distribution requirements. CentOS is for those who need stability in a business-class operating system without the cost of certification and support.
According to published on 4 August 2017, by that date they had completed 574 packages of the approximately 700 SRPM required for the update. Let's say it will be the largest number of updated packages to release after the official announcement.
Upon completion, a new repo will appear for the necessary beta tests. The address that will appear in the repository and the installation media will be: mirror.centos.org. It will be in a folder called 7.4.1708.
Package release announcements.
To add it CR (Continuous Release (CR) repository) use the command:
yum-config-manager --enable cr
After upgrade: yum update
