[CentOS-devel] Before You Get Mad About The CentOS Stream Change, Think About…

Dear Mike,

Am 17.12.20 um 00:08 schrieb Mike McGrath:
> People being upset about the CentOS Stream 8 dates makes a ton of sense 
> to me.  But people thinking that we'd be shipping CentOS Linux 1,500 in 
> the year 2984 doesn't.  Taking someone's words about our intentions at 
> some time or plans at some time, and then expanding them across an 
> infinite timeline is just not how anything works.

I appreciate that RH kept supporting the CentOS distribution since the 
acquirement in late 2013 but

why you/RH doesn't recognize that the problem that the _community_ have
is about the changed EOL of CentOS Linux EIGHT and not NINE or TEN etc. 
Why are you making a mockery of it? People call such behavior arrogant.

(even when you say that this date was never communicated -> defacto 
means that there is a consensus)

You stated elsewhere that RH do not want to put more resources into it.
Okay, but RH are months to late with this decision (well C8 GA is over a 
year ago). If RH mess this up then it should take the consequences. In 
this case keeping providing the resources for CentOS Linux EIGHT until 
2029. And to be honest; the major part of the effort (bootstrapping, 
build chain etc) is already paid. Not that much effort remains, right?

Also stated was that CentOS Linux is for RH not useful anymore because
of UBI, Devel Programm etc.. Well, this is very biased - a point of view 
of an "President of Engineering"? Many people said that such decision 
(shortening EOL) can only be done by an marketing department. I would
take this and put it upside down. A marketing department would never
kill a community (an ecosystem for the NG of DevOps, $[NEXTBIGTHING})
for the cash cow of the organization, right?

Saying that - this is complete decoupled from the second announcement
regarding CentoSO Stream. Please do not mix this up.

--
Leon