On 1/10/22 00:36, Mathieu Baudier wrote: > Hello, > > as described here [1] we were having issues with LDAP dirsrv 389-ds in our > environment where we use a mix on CentOS Stream 8 and RHEL 8 deployments. I > have been surprised to notice that RHEL packages actually seems to be more > up-to-date than CentOS Stream ones, while we are working for our QA > processes under the assumption that CentOS Stream is upstream of RHEL. > > Looking at the package versions: > > ## RHEL 8 > $ sudo dnf info 389-ds-base > Name : 389-ds-base > Version : 1.4.3.23 > Release : 12.module+el8.5.0+13329+4096c77a > > $ sudo rpm -q --changelog 389-ds-base > * Thu Nov 18 2021 Mark Reynolds <mreynolds at redhat.com> - 1.4.3.23-12 > > ## CentOS Stream 8 > $ sudo dnf info 389-ds-base > Name : 389-ds-base > Version : 1.4.3.23 > Release : 10.module_el8.5.0+946+51aba098 > > $ rpm -q --changelog 389-ds-base > * Thu Aug 26 2021 Mark Reynolds <mreynolds at redhat.com> - 1.4.3.23-10 > > My understanding from discussion on this mailing-list a few months ago, is > that sometimes critical issues will be patched in RHEL before CentOS > Stream, which is understandable. > But is it to be expected that there can be a lag of many months before > CentOS Stream "catches up"? > Is it recommended to use CentOS Stream for development and testing of the > upcoming RHEL updates? > > Just to be clear, as a (tiny) Red Hat Partner, we have access to enough > RHEL NFR entitlements for such purposes, so the point here is not to get > something "for free", but to "see things coming" by developing and testing > primarily on CentOS Stream. (Which, by the way is working great, except for > these recurring 389-ds and IPA issues; I have also been using it as my > workstation for months without a glitch) > > Thanks in advance for (constructive) comments, and for sharing your own > experience! > Cheers, > > Mathieu For whatever the reason, git.centos.org has 389-ds-base-1.4.3.23-10.module+el8.5.0+12398+47000435 (in the c8s-stream-1.4) as the latest push .. while in c8-stream-1.4 it is 389-ds-base-1.4.3.23-12.module+el8.5.0+13329+4096c77a. so I have released what is pushed to git currently. No idea why the other is not released to c8s, I will ask.