Upgrading distro's.......

[Duh]

Ok, this is probably a stupid question, and i actually think it is, but:
say i upgraded from RH 6.2 to 7, all that does is upgrade packages that i have installed and change a number here or there, right? so if i stayed up to date on all the major packages, it would make no sense to upgrade to a higher distro, correct?

[ltrain]

As you are probably already aware -- each new version of any OS distro is put out by the manufacturer to give users the opportunity to update their current distro. These new versions fix/repair "bugs" and or holes in the software. If you are up-to-date on your kernel you would really have no reason to use the latest version. Updating your kernel is "basically" the same thing as using the latest distro.

Hope this helps?