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

Tue Dec 8 17:11:13 UTC 2020
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:
> 
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>> 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.