I agree this is shocking news. If we don't want to be beta testers and want to continue to use a stable tested OS should we be moving to RHEL servers? Is there a license-free RHEL server option that is the recommended path from using CentOS?
Chris
On 12/8/2020 8:32 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
This is really, really bad for the majority of us using CentOS.
Is there any way we can lobby for the reversal of this decision? Remember that the -devel mailing list, and IRC channels *do not* represent the vast majority of CentOS users. Most of us are just sysadmins trying to keep our systems that have been using CentOS for many, many years running and our procedures for installing, and patching systems working after whatever changes have been mysteriously decided upon, and forced on us.
We will be forced to look at other distributions now; and forced to do a ton of unnecessary work to deal with this.
Thanks a lot.
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 9:06 AM Rich Bowen rbowen@redhat.com wrote:
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
CentOS Stream will also be the centerpiece of a major shift in collaboration among the CentOS Special Interest Groups (SIGs). This ensures SIGs are developing and testing against what becomes the next version of RHEL. This also provides SIGs a clear single goal, rather than having to build and test for two releases. It gives the CentOS contributor community a great deal of influence in the future of RHEL. And it removes confusion around what “CentOS” means in the Linux distribution ecosystem.
When CentOS Linux 8 (the rebuild of RHEL8) ends, your best option will be to migrate to CentOS Stream 8, which is a small delta from CentOS Linux 8, and has regular updates like traditional CentOS Linux releases. If you are using CentOS Linux 8 in a production environment, and are concerned that CentOS Stream will not meet your needs, we encourage you to contact Red Hat about options.
We have an FAQ - https://centos.org/distro-faq/ - to help with your information and planning needs, as you figure out how this shift of project focus might affect you.
[See also: Red Hat's perspective on this.
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/centos-stream-building-innovative-future-ente... ]
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