On Tue, Oct 8, 2019, at 11:37 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > Last week a group of Red Hat engineers, management, and members of the > CentOS and Fedora communities, met at the Red Hat office in Boston to > discuss how to implement CentOS Stream and formally kick-off the > project, which, as you are aware, was announced the week before. Many > details that were omitted in the original announcement were debated, and > we came to an agreement on much, but not all, of these things. > Great! Was this a public or invite-only meeting? (I didn't see anything in my mail archives announcing it.) > First of all, I want to ask that you be patient with us. Changing the > way that the hundreds of people on the RHEL team do their work is going > to take time. Developing the tooling to make everything work perfectly, > and in an automated fashion, is also going to take time. And some of the > things that were proposed to the Board will end up changing, based on > what doesn’t work, and on the feedback from you, the CentOS community, > as well as Red Hat’s customers and partners. > > A central point of discussion was ensuring transparency. We want to move > the RHEL development more into the public, and CentOS Stream is the > cornerstone of that. > > CentOS Stream will be a rolling preview of what is happening in RHEL > development. This will allow you to experiment with the next version > before it releases, and ensure that what you are working on will work, > day one, when the next minor release of RHEL is announced. > The increased transparency is greatly appreciated and is especially reassuring in light of the IBM acquisition. > SIGs, too, will be able to build and test against this preview, so that > when the next minor release comes out, there will be no surprises. > > We are working on a FAQ to answer what we anticipate will be at the top > of everyone’s mind, but I’ll address a few questions that we’re already > receiving. > > Q: How many streams will there be? Will there be a stream for 8 and > another for 9? > A: When the development for RHEL 9 begins, the stream for 8 will end. We > plan to have a one-year overlap, to allow for transition from one stream > to the other. But we do not intend to keep the 8 Stream going for the > entirety of the RHEL 8 support window. > > Q: How can I contribute changes? > A: This is still being worked on, and we ask for your patience as we > work towards this. This is indeed a goal, but getting the stream itself > working perfectly must happen first. Meanwhile, we’re working with the > RHEL engineering team on a process where contributions from the > community can be considered as part of their regular development > workflow. The last thing we want is to set an expectation that we cannot > meet, so we want to ensure that we have a workable process before we > start asking you for contributions. > > We encourage your further questions, and look forward to figuring out > with you how to make CentOS Stream successful for all constituents. > I look forward to the further details as they become available. V/r, James Cassell > > -- > Rich Bowen: CentOS Community Manager > rbowen at redhat.com > @rbowen // @CentOSProject > 1 859 351 9166 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >