> 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