Hi,
Will Ruby on Cent OS 8 be upgraded, the current version 2.5.9 has reached EOL.
Benson
On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 09:25:58AM +0300, Benson Muite wrote:
Will Ruby on Cent OS 8 be upgraded, the current version 2.5.9 has reached EOL.
There are 2.6 and 2.7 versions available in CentOS 8 AppStream:
# dnf module list ruby Last metadata expiration check: 0:16:09 ago on Mon 08 Nov 2021 07:46:28 AM CET. CentOS-8 - AppStream Name Stream Profiles Summary ruby 2.5 [d] common [d] An interpreter of object-oriented scripting language ruby 2.6 common [d] An interpreter of object-oriented scripting language ruby 2.7 common [d] An interpreter of object-oriented scripting language
So "dnf module enable ruby:2.7" would enable you to upgrade to 2.7.
On Mon, 2021-11-08 at 09:25 +0300, Benson Muite wrote:
Hi,
Will Ruby on Cent OS 8 be upgraded, the current version 2.5.9 has reached EOL.
I remember being told that while the older version of Ruby is EOL as far as the Ruby project goes, Red Hat developers still backport security fixes for the life of the release.
On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 9:58 AM Steven Rosenberg passthejoe@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, 2021-11-08 at 09:25 +0300, Benson Muite wrote:
Hi,
Will Ruby on Cent OS 8 be upgraded, the current version 2.5.9 has reached EOL.
I remember being told that while the older version of Ruby is EOL as far as the Ruby project goes, Red Hat developers still backport security fixes for the life of the release.
The lifecycle for the RHEL 8 Application Streams is publicly documented here:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/rhel8-app-streams-life-cycl...
Ruby 2.5 is supported until May 2029.
However, CentOS Linux 8 will be going EOL on December 31, 2021. Users are strongly encouraged to migrate to CentOS Stream 8.
josh
Another option is to migrate to an RHEL 8 -compatible OS, like Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Springdale Linux.
(I remind that CentOS Stream is no more a RHEL 8 twin.)
I have already migrated successfully all my CentOS 8 boxes to Rocky. (I am informed that in Academic Institutions in Greece -at least-, SysAdmin teams have also selected Rocky to migrate from CentOS 8.)
Rocky seems to be gaining momentum as the main CentOS 8 successor.
You may check earlier threads in this mailing list for more info.
Cheers, Nick
On 8/11/2021 5:06 μ.μ., Josh Boyer wrote:
However, CentOS Linux 8 will be going EOL on December 31, 2021. Users are strongly encouraged to migrate to CentOS Stream 8.
On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 at 09:18, Nikolaos Milas nmilas@noa.gr wrote:
Another option is to migrate to an RHEL 8 -compatible OS, like Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Springdale Linux.
(I remind that CentOS Stream is no more a RHEL 8 twin.)
I have already migrated successfully all my CentOS 8 boxes to Rocky. (I am informed that in Academic Institutions in Greece -at least-, SysAdmin teams have also selected Rocky to migrate from CentOS 8.)
Rocky seems to be gaining momentum as the main CentOS 8 successor.
Going off of EPEL8 client use meters, it is still a fair tie between Rocky usage and Alma usage.
Date | OS Name | Number of systems longer than 2 weeks old (so probably not CI/Containers) 2021-11-01 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 119625 2021-11-01 | CentOS Linux | 461424 2021-11-01 | CentOS Stream | 56902 2021-11-01 | Oracle Linux | 20683 2021-11-01 | AlmaLinux | 25880 2021-11-01 | Rocky | 28167
The Rocky and Alma numbers trade places a couple of times over the weeks so I won't say either one is the successor. Instead as you said each one has a regional selection where certain groups of people flock to the same choice via word of mouth. The number of Alma
It will be interesting to see how the CentOS Linux 8 number change. Since the announcement of EOL of CentOS 8 a year ago, they have gone up steadily from 200k to 460k. I am expecting that even after the EOL, they will continue to go up in the same way that CentOS-6 went up after it was EOL.
You may check earlier threads in this mailing list for more info.
Cheers, Nick
On 8/11/2021 5:06 μ.μ., Josh Boyer wrote:
However, CentOS Linux 8 will be going EOL on December 31, 2021. Users are strongly encouraged to migrate to CentOS Stream 8.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 at 09:18, Nikolaos Milas nmilas@noa.gr wrote:
Another option is to migrate to an RHEL 8 -compatible OS, like Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Springdale Linux.
(I remind that CentOS Stream is no more a RHEL 8 twin.)
I have already migrated successfully all my CentOS 8 boxes to Rocky. (I am informed that in Academic Institutions in Greece -at least-, SysAdmin teams have also selected Rocky to migrate from CentOS 8.)
Rocky seems to be gaining momentum as the main CentOS 8 successor.
Going off of EPEL8 client use meters, it is still a fair tie between Rocky usage and Alma usage.
Date | OS Name | Number of systems longer than 2 weeks old (so probably not CI/Containers) 2021-11-01 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 119625 2021-11-01 | CentOS Linux | 461424 2021-11-01 | CentOS Stream | 56902 2021-11-01 | Oracle Linux | 20683 2021-11-01 | AlmaLinux | 25880 2021-11-01 | Rocky | 28167
These figures are interesting but they can not be compared directly. Oracle has its own EPEL repo and therefore I guess that the number here shows only those who are using the official EPEL instead of the one provided by Oracle. That said, I expect that the true number of Oracle Linux installations is quite a bit higher than what we see here.
Even more interesting and worrying is the still growing number of CentOS Linux 8 installations ;)
Regards, Simon
On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 at 10:04, Simon Matter simon.matter@invoca.ch wrote:
On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 at 09:18, Nikolaos Milas nmilas@noa.gr wrote:
Another option is to migrate to an RHEL 8 -compatible OS, like Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Springdale Linux.
(I remind that CentOS Stream is no more a RHEL 8 twin.)
I have already migrated successfully all my CentOS 8 boxes to Rocky. (I am informed that in Academic Institutions in Greece -at least-, SysAdmin teams have also selected Rocky to migrate from CentOS 8.)
Rocky seems to be gaining momentum as the main CentOS 8 successor.
Going off of EPEL8 client use meters, it is still a fair tie between Rocky usage and Alma usage.
Date | OS Name | Number of systems longer than 2 weeks old (so probably not CI/Containers) 2021-11-01 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 119625 2021-11-01 | CentOS Linux | 461424 2021-11-01 | CentOS Stream | 56902 2021-11-01 | Oracle Linux | 20683 2021-11-01 | AlmaLinux | 25880 2021-11-01 | Rocky | 28167
These figures are interesting but they can not be compared directly. Oracle has its own EPEL repo and therefore I guess that the number here shows only those who are using the official EPEL instead of the one provided by Oracle. That said, I expect that the true number of Oracle Linux installations is quite a bit higher than what we see here.
Correct and my deepest apologies for not saying so. I usually list the Oracle caveat and I forgot to do so. The Oracle numbers are a lower bound at best as it requires someone to install and/or convert to Oracle and then use an upstream epel-release. Most Oracle users will be using their rebuild of EPEL.
Even more interesting and worrying is the still growing number of CentOS Linux 8 installations ;)
Regards, Simon
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Il 2021-11-15 16:03 Simon Matter ha scritto:
These figures are interesting but they can not be compared directly. Oracle has its own EPEL repo and therefore I guess that the number here shows only those who are using the official EPEL instead of the one provided by Oracle. That said, I expect that the true number of Oracle Linux installations is quite a bit higher than what we see here.
Personal note: I am currently using Rocky, but I am very tempted by Oracle Linux also. It has working secure boot and a proven update track record (with security metadata for yum, which Rocky only recently started providing). It also has an officially supported upgrade path between major releases. The only thing stopping my adoption is Oracle "the company". But, maybe, it is an irrational fear...
That aside, can I ask how is the EPEL-8 situation now? I remember that one years ago many packages were missing compared to, say, EPEL-7. Is the current situation better?
Regards.
On 15.11.2021, at 22:12, Gionatan Danti g.danti@assyoma.it wrote:
Il 2021-11-15 16:03 Simon Matter ha scritto:
These figures are interesting but they can not be compared directly. Oracle has its own EPEL repo and therefore I guess that the number here shows only those who are using the official EPEL instead of the one provided by Oracle. That said, I expect that the true number of Oracle Linux installations is quite a bit higher than what we see here.
Personal note: I am currently using Rocky, but I am very tempted by Oracle Linux also. It has working secure boot and a proven update track record
Rocky 8.5 has gained support for secure boot https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-8-5-ga-release/
Best Regards, Markus
Il 2021-11-16 02:15 Markus Falb ha scritto:
Rocky 8.5 has gained support for secure boot https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-8-5-ga-release/
Oh, good to know! Thank you.
On Tue, 2021-11-16 at 02:15 +0100, Markus Falb wrote:
Rocky 8.5 has gained support for secure boot https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-8-5-ga-release/
Big step for Rocky.
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