CentOS - Dec 2020 - https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/

On Tue, 8 Dec 2020, Rich Bowen wrote:
> The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next year 
> we?ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat
Enterprise
> Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a current RHEL 
> release. CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end at the end of
2021.
> CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as the upstream 
> (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
I suppose I understand the negative feedback -- CentOS 8.x will no 
longer be a rebuild of RHEL 8.x but will instead be some version of 
RHEL 8.(x + 1) -- but I'm much more interested in empirical results 
than in suppositions. I've taken a couple test VMs and set them to 
CentOS 8 Stream and will keep an eye on them. They will either prove 
stable or not, but (observation > guessing) in my book.

If history is any guide, they will prove very stable. If not, then 
I'll pour one out for CentOS and look elsewhere.

-- 
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
45?38' N, 122?6' W

On 12/8/20 1:04 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2020, Rich Bowen wrote:
> 
>> The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next
>> year we?ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat
>> Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of
>> a current RHEL release. CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will
>> end at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream continues after that date,
>> serving as the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux.
> 
> I suppose I understand the negative feedback -- CentOS 8.x will no
> longer be a rebuild of RHEL 8.x but will instead be some version of RHEL
> 8.(x + 1) -- but I'm much more interested in empirical results than in
> suppositions. I've taken a couple test VMs and set them to CentOS 8
> Stream and will keep an eye on them. They will either prove stable or
> not, but (observation > guessing) in my book.
> 
> If history is any guide, they will prove very stable. If not, then I'll
> pour one out for CentOS and look elsewhere.
> 
Which is the approach I recommend everyone take.

And, it will likely be sometime mid to late 1st quarter 2021 before
CentOS Stream is in its 'Fully Functional' state with community pull
requests and the RHEL package maintainer doing all the work in CentOS
Stream, etc .  CentOS Linux 8 will still be available and updated until
the end of December 2021.

Paul;

How do you intend to test, and measure stability?

I'm not trying to be contrary, or facetious, I'm looking to learn
something in this situation.

Thank you,

Dominic L. Hilsbos, MBA 
Director ? Information Technology 
Perform Air International Inc.
DHilsbos at PerformAir.com 
www.PerformAir.com


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

On Tue, 8 Dec 2020, Rich Bowen wrote:
> The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next year 
> we?ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat
Enterprise
> Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a current RHEL 
> release. CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end at the end of
2021.
> CentOS Stream continues after that date, serving as the upstream 
> (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
I suppose I understand the negative feedback -- CentOS 8.x will no 
longer be a rebuild of RHEL 8.x but will instead be some version of 
RHEL 8.(x + 1) -- but I'm much more interested in empirical results 
than in suppositions. I've taken a couple test VMs and set them to 
CentOS 8 Stream and will keep an eye on them. They will either prove 
stable or not, but (observation > guessing) in my book.

If history is any guide, they will prove very stable. If not, then 
I'll pour one out for CentOS and look elsewhere.

-- 
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
45?38' N, 122?6' W
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