[CentOS] [CentOS-devel] https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/

Tue Dec 8 17:28:58 UTC 2020
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

On 12/8/20 11:19 AM, Marc Balmer via CentOS wrote:
> Am I the only one to perceive CentOS/RedHat team members responses as quite arrogant?

I am sorry you feel that way.  I was trying to help.  Red Hat has
several programs where they give away RHEL for free.  CentOS Stream is
free.  CentOS Linux 8 is going away in at the end of 2021.

Those are facts.

He said he wanted free Linux and did not want to interact with the
community.  I provided all the alternatives that i know for that.

Stream, a qualified version of RHEL that can be obtained from Red Hat
for free (has nothing to do with CentOS) or some other distribution.

I am not being arrogant or negative.  Just pointing out facts.

I have been doing this for 17 years.  I would continue doing for 17
more.  But it is what it is and wishing for it to be different is not
going to happen.  I know .. I've tried.

> 
>> Am 08.12.2020 um 18:11 schrieb Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>:
>>
>> On 12/8/20 11:02 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 11:59 AM Rich Bowen <rbowen at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/8/20 11:29 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
>>>>> I see a lot of promises that Stream will have better engagement with
>>>>> the community.  Why would we trust these promises?
>>>>
>>>> "Better engagement with the community" of course requires that the
>>>> community step up and engage. Trust isn't something anyone expects to
>>>> just magically happen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The whole point of CentOS was so that we didn't have to "engage." We don't
>>> have time for that.
>>>
>>> We just want a stable re-compile of RHEL, as promised. CentOS has been
>>> diverging from this for a while (note the change in version names/numbers)
>>> and we DON'T WANT THAT!
>>
>> Right, you want free RHEL .. so get in touch with Red Hat and see if you
>> qualify for it.
>>
>> Here is how you can convert:
>>
>> https://access.redhat.com/articles/2360841
>>
>> Or, you can see if Stream can meet your requirements of something you
>> can just get for free.
>>
>> Or, you can do something else.  It is all up to you.