On 24/09/2019 21:02, Mike McGrath wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 2:34 PM Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org > <mailto:pperry at elrepo.org>> wrote: > > On 24/09/2019 19:24, Jim Perrin wrote: > > Okay, now that the release is out, and everything is announced > properly. > > I'm happy to answer questions about Stream. > > > > Hi Jim, > > Does the Stream kernel (kernel-4.18.0-144.el8) retain kABI > compatibility > with the RHEL/CentOS kernel during this development phase? IOW, is it a > viable target to develop against or is it purely a development > target in > it's own right? > > > Insomuch as the next minor version of RHEL must retain kABI > compatibility yes, if you find otherwise its a bug and please let us know. > Brilliant - thanks Mike. > Also just a quick intro from me. I'm going to try to participate in > threads like this while we get CentOS Stream figured out. I'm Senior > Director of Platform Engineering at Red Hat and I currently manage > Fedora, CentOS Infrastructure, CoreOS, and about 70% of the packages in > RHEL. Jim and his team report up through me. Some of you may remember > me from my earlier days in the community as Fedora Infrastructure Lead > (around the time EPEL was created). > > Keep the questions coming everyone and please do be patient with us > while we get things figured out. We're trying to do it in the open but > that means we didn't build CentOS Stream behind the scenes for a grand > unveiling today. It's going to be a bumpy few months so please do > pardon our dust. > > -Mike >