> On Dec 22, 2019, at 7:07 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Am 22.12.19 um 21:31 schrieb Michael Kofler: >> Hi, >> I have been a happy user of CentOS 7 in the past. I am now considering switching to CentOS 8. >> However, since end of Oct. 2019, I have not received any updates on my CentOS 8 test installations. Since then, RHEL 8 has published several critical security updates. >> Obviously, this make the use of CentOS 8 in production dangerous. >> I guess the missing updates have to to with RHEL version 8.1, which is not yet available for CentOS. >> Basically, I would like to ask how the CentOS team sees the state of CentOS 8. Is the current version only intended for testing/evaluation? When does the CentOS team consider CentOS ready for production use? Is there any public documentation on this matter? > > Here you can find information that explains why there is gap between RH and CentOS releases. Basically its not intentionally but just hard work: > > https://wiki.centos.org/About/Building_8 > > https://wiki.centos.org/About/Building_8.x > And thanks for all hard work from us, users! Valeri > -- > Leon > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++