[CentOS-devel] Reminder: CentOS 6 EOL on 30 November 2020

On 12/3/20 2:07 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 02/12/2020 22:59, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> It is on vault.centos.org .. download a final copy to your own local 
>> mirror.
>>
>> All older versions are on vault.centos.org and have always been (same
>> versions as mentioned above).
>
>
> I wonder what happens if we keep valid, but empty repos for the /6/ 
> links, quite understad there are a fair few people in a bad spot due 
> to not being able to travel etc.

except for not seeing any updates and breaking new installs that rely on 
public repos ( which happens already ) ?


>
> another option maybe 301's from mirror.c.o to vault ?

nope. that would encourage people to not update and would certainly 
overload vault


>
> how about mirrorlist only hands out vault for c6 repos ?

see above


>
> with the intention that in 4 - 6 months we clear that down.
a grace period would have been nice rather than a sudden cutoff even 
before RH released the last updates but I guess the train has already 
left the station