Scott Dowdle> >> Q13 is against the statement that stream is ahead of RHEL, if RHEL is >> built on top of stream, there must be a stream to do the last 5 years >> of RHEL8. > > While, for some reason, you draw that conclusion, they have clearly stated that is not the case. > The last 5 years gets no package rebasing nor new feature as it shifts from Full Support mode > to Maintenance mode. In Maintenance mode they may do some hardware enablement as > necessary but the bulk is just applying security and critical bug fixes. Stream is for only for the > Full Support phase where new features are being added. That hasn't always been the case with previous EL versions - e.g. Firefox with EL6 went from ESR 68 to ESR 78 only 10 weeks ago - which was just before EL6 reached Maintenance EOL ... James Pearson