[CentOS-devel] Announcing the latest release of CentOS Linux 8 (2105)

On 6/4/21 3:10 AM, Antal Nemeš wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CentOS-devel <centos-devel-bounces at centos.org> On Behalf Of Rich
>> Bowen
>> Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2021 22:53
>> To: centos-announce at centos.org; The CentOS developers mailing list.
>> <centos-devel at centos.org>
>> Subject: [CentOS-devel] Announcing the latest release of CentOS Linux 8
>> (2105) [dkim]
>>
>>
>> Release for CentOS Linux 8 (2105)
>>
>> We are pleased to announce the general availability of the latest version of
>> CentOS Linux 8. Effectively immediately, this is the current release for
>> CentOS Linux 8 and is tagged as 2105, derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux
>> 8.4 Source Code.
> 
> Congratulations on the new release!
> 
> Will there be another 8.x release by the time Centos 8 is EOLd in favor of Stream?
> 
> <snip>
>> As with all CentOS Linux 8 components, this release was built from sources
>> hosted at git.centos.org. Sources will be available from vault.centos.org in
>> their own dedicated directories to match the corresponding binary RPMs.
>>
> 
> I see sources are available at https://vault.centos.org/8.4.2105. 
> Can someone please update the symlink in https://vault.centos.org/centos/8 to point to the latest release as well?
> 
> <snip>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Johnny Hughes
>>
> 
> Thanks and best regards,
> Antal
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We expect to publish CentOS Linux 8.5.XXXX (GA and 0-day updates) as the
last set of content in the CentOS Linux 8 family. Given how things have
worked out previously with the schedule, you can count forward (very
roughly) 6 months from the 8.4.2105 GA to see where that will land.

--Brian