On 11/04/2024 14.56, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
On 28/03/2024 18:19, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
On 18/03/2024 12:59, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
On 18/03/2024 10:48, Peter Georg wrote:
On 18/03/2024 08.28, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
<snip> >> >> # mirrorlist.centos.org service : >> Starting from Stream 9 (and above), deployed CentOS instance ares >> using Fedora infra mirrormanager instance for metalink= instead of >> mirrorlist= in .repo files. We'll just decommission our mirror >> crawler (also running with a mix of perl/python2 code), so not >> validating any mirror for legacy/EOL releases. >> mirrorlist.centos.org A/AAAA records will be removed in the >> following weeks after c7 will be EOL'ed. >> That means that people still running CentOS 7 or 8-stream will not >> have functional yum/dnf stack, except if they point to either vault >> or have internal mirror but at least people would be aware that >> distro itself is EOL and that they shouldn't expect to receive any >> update anymore > > So SIGs building for RHEL8 might have to replace the mirrorlist= > line in their .repo files (in case they provide any) by a baseurl=. > > Personally I'd prefer having SIG content built for RHEL8 being > pushed to mirror.stream.centos.org due to these changes (incl. > sources and debuginfo) just like content built for RHEL 9 and Stream 9. >
That's the second option on the table : push these to mirror.stream.centos.org and so use metalink=, metalinks being served by mirrormanager . I don't mind one or the other but for people used to eventually search for src.rpm/debuginfo on vault.centos.org/debuginfo.centos.org for these packages, suddenly they'd have to search elsewhere .. but one way or another it's a small change anyway so I personally don't mind adapting the releng process to push to mirror.stream.centos.org and so content would land under https://mirror.stream.centos.org/SIGs/8
Let's wait on other SIGs' feedback (for those also building against/for RHEL 8) and we'll have a final decision about the direction to take soon
No other SIG commented on the proposal so I guess Peter that you win !
Going once, going twice ....
As I started to work on a checklist with Adam Samalik for the CentOS Stream 8 EOL process, I was wondering about *when* we want to start moving the SIG content that is built for/against RHEL8 to mirror.stream.centos.org : either we do it when Stream 8 is EOL (next month ?) or end of June (when CentOS 7 itself goes EOL)
Personally that doesn't change anything for me, apart from a date when the needed releng script process should be pushed, but from a SIG perspective, (and surely for people/users consuming these packages) it should be properly announced/communicated.
So what are SIGs' chairs thinking about that ? (basically SIGs that opted in for rhel8 buildroots back when it was proposed as an option : https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issues?status=all&tags=cbs-rhel8-buildroo...)
For me both dates are fine, with a slight bias towards next month.
Just a thought as we have to keep in mind that there are not really many (or any?) centos-release-* packages for content built for rhel8 targets (there is no extras8-extras-common-el8 build target): How much work would it be to have content pushed to both locations for a period of time, e.g., starting now until Stream 8 is EOL? This would allow users to start updating their configurations now.