Hi,
I have been a happy user of CentOS 7 in the past. I am now considering
switching to CentOS 8.
However, since end of Oct. 2019, I have not received any updates on my
CentOS 8 test installations. Since then, RHEL 8 has published several
critical security updates.
Obviously, this make the use of CentOS 8 in production dangerous.
I guess the missing updates have to to with RHEL version 8.1, which is
not yet available for CentOS.
Basically, I would like to ask how the CentOS team sees the state of
CentOS 8. Is the current version only intended for testing/evaluation?
When does the CentOS team consider CentOS ready for production use? Is
there any public documentation on this matter?
Thank you, best wishes and happy holidays,
Michael
Am 22.12.19 um 21:31 schrieb Michael Kofler:> Hi, > > I have been a happy user of CentOS 7 in the past. I am now considering > switching to CentOS 8. > > However, since end of Oct. 2019, I have not received any updates on my > CentOS 8 test installations. Since then, RHEL 8 has published several > critical security updates. > > Obviously, this make the use of CentOS 8 in production dangerous. > > I guess the missing updates have to to with RHEL version 8.1, which is > not yet available for CentOS. > > Basically, I would like to ask how the CentOS team sees the state of > CentOS 8. Is the current version only intended for testing/evaluation? > When does the CentOS team consider CentOS ready for production use? Is > there any public documentation on this matter?Here you can find information that explains why there is gap between RH and CentOS releases. Basically its not intentionally but just hard work: https://wiki.centos.org/About/Building_8 https://wiki.centos.org/About/Building_8.x -- Leon
On 23/12/2019 12:07 pm, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote:> Am 22.12.19 um 21:31 schrieb Michael Kofler: >> Hi, >> >> I have been a happy user of CentOS 7 in the past. I am now considering >> switching to CentOS 8. >> >> However, since end of Oct. 2019, I have not received any updates on my >> CentOS 8 test installations. Since then, RHEL 8 has published several >> critical security updates. >> >> Obviously, this make the use of CentOS 8 in production dangerous. >> >> I guess the missing updates have to to with RHEL version 8.1, which is >> not yet available for CentOS. >> >> Basically, I would like to ask how the CentOS team sees the state of >> CentOS 8. Is the current version only intended for testing/evaluation? >> When does the CentOS team consider CentOS ready for production use? Is >> there any public documentation on this matter? > > Here you can find information that explains why there is gap between > RH and CentOS releases. Basically its not intentionally but just hard > work: > > https://wiki.centos.org/About/Building_8 > > https://wiki.centos.org/About/Building_8.x >This misses the point of where are the intermediate updates to 8.0 ? or can we only get point releases with no updates in between? -- Cheers Bill
> On Dec 22, 2019, at 7:07 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Am 22.12.19 um 21:31 schrieb Michael Kofler: >> Hi, >> I have been a happy user of CentOS 7 in the past. I am now considering switching to CentOS 8. >> However, since end of Oct. 2019, I have not received any updates on my CentOS 8 test installations. Since then, RHEL 8 has published several critical security updates. >> Obviously, this make the use of CentOS 8 in production dangerous. >> I guess the missing updates have to to with RHEL version 8.1, which is not yet available for CentOS. >> Basically, I would like to ask how the CentOS team sees the state of CentOS 8. Is the current version only intended for testing/evaluation? When does the CentOS team consider CentOS ready for production use? Is there any public documentation on this matter? > > Here you can find information that explains why there is gap between RH and CentOS releases. Basically its not intentionally but just hard work: > > https://wiki.centos.org/About/Building_8 > > https://wiki.centos.org/About/Building_8.x >And thanks for all hard work from us, users! Valeri> -- > Leon > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Le 23/12/2019 ? 02:07, Leon Fauster via CentOS a ?crit?:> Here you can find information that explains why there is gap between RH > and CentOS releases. Basically its not intentionally but just hard work: > > https://wiki.centos.org/About/Building_8 > > https://wiki.centos.org/About/Building_8.xWhile we're all aware that there will always be a gap between RHEL and CentOS, I guess what motivated the author's post initially (who by the way is an acclaimed Linux author and I can only speak very highly of his competence) is the fact that a two-month lag for important security updates is more than just a gap. It seems like it boils down to: have these been ported to the Continuous Release repository? Cheers, Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'?glise - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Mail : info at microlinux.fr T?l. : 04 66 63 10 32 Mob. : 06 51 80 12 12