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? -- Leon