To be fair, that was a commitment RH gave. They are now a department within Big Blue and must dance to their tune. <cynic>Of course you could always try holding your breath and awaiting the sell off to Lenovo in about five years time.</cynic> On 08/12/2020 16:25, Lange, Markus wrote: > Hi, > > this is really bad news. > > Back in 2014 [1], sadly no one at RH seems to remember... > > "Some of the things that are not changing: > - - The CentOS Linux platform isn't changing. The process and methods > built up around the platform however are going to become more open, > more inclusive and transparent. > - - The sponsor driven content network that has been central to the > success of the CentOS efforts over the years stays intact. > - - The bugs, issues, and incident handling process stays as it has > been > with more opportunities for community members to get involved at > various stages of the process. > - - The Red Hat Enterprise Linux to CentOS firewall will also remain. > Members and contributors to the CentOS efforts are still isolated from > the RHEL Groups inside Red Hat, with the only interface being srpm / > source path tracking, no sooner than is considered released. In > summary: we retain an upstream. > > Feel free to reach out if you have specific concerns about how this > change impacts your CentOS story. URLs mentioned at the bottom of this > email should be a good starting point." > > Crossing fingers that alternatives emerge soon. > > Best regards, > Markus > > [1] > https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-January/020100.html -- J Martin Rushton MBCS