On 1/4/21 11:17 AM, redbaronbrowser via CentOS-devel wrote: > On Monday, January 4, 2021 9:28 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > >> 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. > > Are you clarifying what the FAQ is supposed to say? > > What it currently says is that there will be no SIG for extending Stream 8 beyond RHEL 8's end of full support. > > RHEL 8 will still be under full support beyond Dec 2021. I'm not trying to purpose extending Stream 8 beyond the full support period. If I need to reword the RFC, please provide what wording you would suggest. That's the Q about Stream. See also this one: https://centos.org/distro-faq/#q14-can-the-centos-community-continue-to-developrebuild-centos-linux