On 12/17/20 9:54 AM, Troy Dawson wrote: > Hi, > There has been some confusion around the new CentOS Stream timeframe. > > Through the past year we've been told that when CentOS Stream 9 comes > out, CentOS Stream 8 will be phased out in a short period of time. That is untrue. The end date of CentOS Stream 8 is the end of the RHEL full support period. That is 5 years from the release of RHEL 8. That is in the FAQ: > > With the new announcement we have been told that the CentOS Stream 8 > (and any future version) will be available during the maintenance > phase of that release. [1] This means that CentOS Stream 8 will be > around for 5 years. > > I've been trying to send people to the CentOS Stream FAQ [2] because > it's easier to find. But the question [3] related to this hasn't been > updated and says it will be a year at most. Question 2 says: Updates for the CentOS Stream 8 distribution continue through the full RHEL support phase. .. It links directly to the RHEL page to say 5 years. > > So, thus my question. Can the CentOS Stream FAQ be updated with the new policy? > > Thanks > Troy Dawson > > [1] - https://centos.org/distro-faq/#q6-will-there-be-separateparallelsimultaneous-streams-for-8-9-10-etc > [2] - https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOSStream > [3] - https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOSStream#What_happens_when_CentOS_Stream_switches_from_RHEL_8_to_RHEL_9_based_content.3F > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel >