[CentOS] dnf script to cherry pick updates and maintain RHEL compatibility

Wed Dec 9 18:33:57 UTC 2020
Tom Bishop <bishoptf at gmail.com>

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 12:27 PM Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 06:02:37PM +0000, James Pearson wrote:
> > why don't they just make RHEL available to all for 'free', and you just
> > pay for support if you need it - i.e. a bit like it is now, RHEL if you
> > pay, CentOS if you don't - I'm sure that would make everyone happy :-)
>
> Because RHEL's value proposition is not merely support, and the value of
> subscription goes way beyond that.
>
> Butttttt, that said: yes, this really is the direction things are going
> with
> expanded access to low-cost/no-cost RHEL.
>
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>
> They would have saved a lot of bashing of teeth etc if they would have had
> all of that ready at the same time so folks could assess where things fall,
> right now all we have is RH folks saying something else is coming with no
> details, most have kind of lost faith with what's been announced already,
> poorly timed IMHO.