Il 2020-12-14 13:07 Nicolas Kovacs ha scritto:
Hi,
Here's an interesting read which makes a point for CentOS Stream:
https://freedomben.medium.com/centos-is-not-dead-please-stop-saying-it-is-at...
tl;dr: Communication about Stream was BAD, but Stream itself might be a good thing. Here's why.
Cheers,
Niki
While interesting, I think the blog post fails to identify the the main issue with Stream: - Stream can be updated many times each days. You basically have a non-stop incoming flow of updates; - as far I know, Stream does not have (and will not have) "synchronization points" with mail RHEL; - the support window is much shorter (ie: 2024 vs 2029).
Anyone relying on RHEL/CentOS to be kABI compatible can be severely impacted by the first two points (it's difficult planning updates with rolling releases, when the kernel version can change from a day to another), while the third one (shorter support window) affect anyone.
Basically it seems to me that Stream will be to RHEL the same Rawhide is to normal Fedora releases. While this has the potential to be a good move, it should be offered *in addition* to normal CentOS releases - which effectively are a different product.
That said I am grateful to all the volunteers that made CentOS possible, and I don't want the above to be taken as a rant - they only are my (possibly wrong) opinions.
Regards.