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

LOL, laughing with you not at you, license free RHEL.  Just RHEL (IBM)
wanting to increase the coffers for RHEL.  I know, I know thats not whats
really happening but yeah that is what is really happening. If you want a
tested production worthy server install based on RHEL then you will have to
pay for RHEL.  I know this is exaggerating but if I wanted to test
pre-production stuff I could just run Fedora. ;)

Oh well end of an era...sniff.


servers?  Is there a license-free RHEL server option that is the
> recommended path from using CentOS?
>
> Chris
>
> On 12/8/2020 8:32 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
> > This is really, really bad for the majority of us using CentOS.
> >
> > Is there any way we can lobby for the reversal of this decision? Remember
> > that the -devel mailing list, and IRC channels *do not* represent the
> vast
> > majority of CentOS users. Most of us are just sysadmins trying to keep
> our
> > systems that have been using CentOS for many, many years running and our
> > procedures for installing, and patching systems working after whatever
> > changes have been mysteriously decided upon, and forced on us.
> >
> > We will be forced to look at other distributions now; and forced to do a
> > ton of unnecessary work to deal with this.
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 9:06 AM Rich Bowen <rbowen at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next
> >> year we’ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat
> >> Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a
> >> current RHEL release. CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end
> >> at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as
> >> the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
> >>
> >> Meanwhile, we understand many of you are deeply invested in CentOS Linux
> >> 7, and we’ll continue to produce that version through the remainder of
> >> the RHEL 7 life cycle.
> >>
> https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates
> >>
> >> CentOS Stream will also be the centerpiece of a major shift in
> >> collaboration among the CentOS Special Interest Groups (SIGs). This
> >> ensures SIGs are developing and testing against what becomes the next
> >> version of RHEL. This also provides SIGs a clear single goal, rather
> >> than having to build and test for two releases. It gives the CentOS
> >> contributor community a great deal of influence in the future of RHEL.
> >> And it removes confusion around what “CentOS” means in the Linux
> >> distribution ecosystem.
> >>
> >> When CentOS Linux 8 (the rebuild of RHEL8) ends, your best option will
> >> be to migrate to CentOS Stream 8, which is a small delta from CentOS
> >> Linux 8, and has regular updates like traditional CentOS Linux releases.
> >> If you are using CentOS Linux 8 in a production environment, and are
> >> concerned that CentOS Stream will not meet your needs, we encourage you
> >> to contact Red Hat about options.
> >>
> >> We have an FAQ - https://centos.org/distro-faq/ - to help with your
> >> information and planning needs, as you figure out how this shift of
> >> project focus might affect you.
> >>
> >> [See also: Red Hat's perspective on this.
> >>
> >>
> https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/centos-stream-building-innovative-future-enterprise-linux
> >> ]
> >>
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