[CentOS-devel] RFC: CentOS 8 SIG

On 1/4/21 9:05 AM, redbaronbrowser via CentOS-devel wrote:
> This is an introductory Request For Comment to purpose a community SIG
> to run CentOS 8 from Jan 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024.
> 
> The responsiblity of the SIG members will be to maintain a repository of
> Stream 8 packages which have been accepted for publication into RHEL 8
> 
> The benefit to the CentOS community should be two fold:
> 
> (1) Hopefully smooth the transistion from CentOS 8 to either Stream or
> Elephant
> 
> (2) Provide a repository for Stream 8 members to perform a dnf downgrade
> as needed
> 
> The purposed SIG is also seeking a CentOS Governing board member as a
> sponsor.
> 

It is stated in the FAQ that there will be no SIG for maintaining
CentOS-8 beyond Dec 2021.

So there will be no Official CentOS 8 Linux past that date.  There are
several other non CentOS / Red Hat rebuild available and/or forming for
that set of rebuilt packages in the community.