On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 10:38 AM Konstantin Boyandin via CentOS-devel < centos-devel@centos.org> wrote:
Hello,
The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next year we’ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a current RHEL release. CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Meanwhile, we understand many of you are deeply invested in CentOS Linux 7, and we’ll continue to produce that version through the remainder of the RHEL 7 life cycle.
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates
This is the part that worries me. This is not a guarantee. This is not a contract. We have to _trust_ the CentOS team (board) to do this. We trusted them to continue CentOS 8 and to continue to follow RHEL and they changed direction. Therefore, until proven otherwise, I can no longer trust anything coming from CentOS. They have proven that they will change the direction of CentOS at any time.
Jeff