[CentOS-devel] https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/

Wed Dec 9 12:51:13 UTC 2020
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

Am 09.12.20 um 12:29 schrieb Konstantin Boyandin via CentOS-devel:
> On 09.12.2020 17:42, Julien Pivotto wrote:
>> On 09 Dec 05:38, Konstantin Boyandin via CentOS-devel wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>    > The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next
>>>    > year we’ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red
>   Hat
>>>    > Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of
>   a
>>>    > current RHEL release. CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will
>   end
>>>    > at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving
>   as
>>>    > the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
>>>    >
>>>    > Meanwhile, we understand many of you are deeply invested in CentOS
>   Linux
>>>    > 7, and we’ll continue to produce that version through the remainder
>   of
>>>    > the RHEL 7 life cycle.
>>>    >
>   https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> I am currently in process of upgrading multiple CentOS-driven systems,
>>> so this piece of news has become a nasty surprise. Looks like a major
>>> decision should be taken right now.
>>>
>>> Apart from migrating to Oracle Linux (which I wouldn't like at all), and
>>> buying RHEL itself, what are other possible alternatives (just curious)?
>>
>>   From what I see and hear from the community it seems that by the end of
>> 2021 there might be another RHEL rebuild, under another name.
> 
> I would be eager to see one raising, and support, as I did support
> CentOS in whatever amounts I could, all these years.
> 
> I will also look into Springdale Linux, mentioned by Sandro Bonazzola.
> 


Any feedback here from Fermilab/Scientific Linux folks?

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Leon