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

Wed Dec 9 17:45:38 UTC 2020
Phelps, Matthew <mphelps at cfa.harvard.edu>

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 12:40 PM Stef Walter <swalter at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 6:33 PM David Hrbáč <david-lists at hrbac.cz> wrote:
>
>> I don't use CentOS Stream, I use RHEL. I use RHEL to develop software
>>> for RHEL and compatible OS clones, including CentOS. If Stream retains
>>> binary compatibility, and specifically kernel ABI compatibility, then
>>> the users of the software packages we develop can continue to use them.
>>> If not, they can't. Simple as that. So please don't push rolling kernel
>>> updates to Stream that break the kernel ABI.
>>>
>>
> Indeed. If any such broken change (eg: that breaks kernel ABI) is pushed
> to Stream, that is treated as a serious problem by the RHEL engineering
> teams. We have the necessary process in place to QE test changes before
> they arrive in CentOS Stream.
>
> I understand this fact alone is not a panacea for all the problems people
> are highlighting. But it does seem to cover your use case. From a
> regression, stability, ABI, and kernel ABI perspective, it is the goal and
> focus of many of us in RHEL Engineering for CentOS Stream to be stable.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stef
>
>
Or...


(Never mind.)




>
>
>>>
>> Rolling kernel updates are going to kill all the traditional HPC
>> clusters. Almost 25% of the TOP 500 HPC clusters run CentOS. See
>> https://www.top500.org/statistics/list/
>> DH
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