On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 11:44 AM Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org> wrote: > > On 23/06/2023 16:34, Josh Boyer wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 9:44 AM Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 7:47 AM Peter Georg > >>> <peter.georg at physik.uni-regensburg.de> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 22/06/2023 12.56, Josh Boyer wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 6:51 AM Leon Fauster via CentOS-devel > >>>>> <centos-devel at centos.org> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi All, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I wonder if someone is in the role/position to shed some more light > >>>> on > >>>>>> the topic as announced here > >>>>>> https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Any deadlines? Does this target only EL10 or also any current > >>>> release? > >>>>> > >>>>> It is in effect now for RHEL 8 and 9 and will continue for any future > >>>>> RHEL releases. The development and source code for all of these > >>>>> releases will continue to happen through the CentOS Stream project. > >>>>> > >>>>> RHEL 7 and CentOS Linux 7 are not affected. > >>>>> > >>>>>> Would be great if some discussion/communication could be happen. > >>>> Thanks! > >>>>> > >>>>> If you have more questions, please ask and we can try to address them. > >>>> > >>>> I do indeed have a question. The Kmods SIG currently provides artifacts > >>>> for both CentOS Stream and RHEL. To achieve that we have established > >>>> some automation using GitLab CI to avoid human interaction as far as > >>>> possible. For that to work we do need access to the following sources > >>>> from RHEL (version numbers are just examples): > >>>> > >>>> kernel-5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2.src.rpm > >>>> > >>>> or > >>>> > >>>> linux-5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2.tar.xz (which is included in the src.rpm). > >>>> > >>>> So far we have downloaded the tarball from git.centos.org/sources > >>>> > >>>> However, my understanding is that new versions of these files will not > >>>> be provided anymore. In fact the example listed here (current RHEL 9 > >>>> kernel) is already not provided anymore. > >>> > >>> Your understanding is correct. > >>> > >> > >> What I don't understand is this: as a Red Hat customer with paid > >> subscription, I'm still able to download > >> kernel-5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2.src.rpm, right? > > > > Yes. > > > >> If I do so and extract the kernel-5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2.src.rpm archive, > >> can I put the resulting files on a public server and let others download > >> the files? > > > > The kernel is licensed under the GPL, which grants redistribution > > rights to all such licensed source code. > > > > josh > > > > Then maybe the CentOS Project should start a SiG to pull the RHEL > sources and populate a repository for everyone to freely access, thus > filling the void left by RH's decision to withdraw this? If someone wants to propose that they can. Speaking as an individual Board member, I don't believe I would be in support of such a SIG. I won't speak for the rest of the Board, nor for the Red Hat liaison. josh