[CentOS-devel] First round of RHEL programs announced

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:46 AM James Cassell
<fedoraproject at cyberpear.com> wrote:
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> > When it comes to CentOS Linux, CentOS Linux aligned with 1). It never
> > aligned with 2) or 3).
> >
> > With CentOS Stream, I believe 1) will also disappear. The reference to
> > git.centos.org seems to be glossing over that git.centos.org does not
> > contain the RHEL / RHEL EUS / RHEL ELS package sources, but only
> > includes the *CentOS* sources. And if CentOS Stream continues, then
> > CentOS Stream sources will receive updates, but if CentOS Linux does
> > not continue, then it seems doubtful that CentOS Linux sources will
> > receive updates. Meaning, that by 2022, I expect the RHEL sources to
> > no longer be available via git.centos.org, and the idea that
> > "announcements haven't change that" is likely to be false. I think
> > announcements have definitely changed this.
> >
> > But, let's come back to this in a year and see who is right.
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> I agree with your assessment and fear Rocky Linux et al. will have to resort to using "bootleg" SRPMs if/when RH stops publishing the RHEL branched code to CentOS git. (Their statements to date indicate they'll continue publishing these, but I don't count on it.)
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I do not believe that they'll stop. Just because they'll stop building
it doesn't mean that they can't continue to use it as a mechanism for
delivering the sources in a way that's straightforward to understand
and build.




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