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

Thu Dec 10 09:43:24 UTC 2020
Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch>

> 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?

I'm also wondering about CERN (https://linux.web.cern.ch/). Does anybody
know something what they say about the news?

Simon