CentOS - Dec 2020 - dnf script to cherry pick updates and maintain RHEL compatibility

Frank Cox:
> Here's an idea, though I don't know if it would be practical.
>
> I assume that at some point everything that goes into RHEL and its
"official"
> updates travels through the Stream ecosystem beforehand.
>
> So what about the idea of maintaining (somewhere) a list of official
updates
> to RHEL as they are released, and then have some kind of a dnf enhancement
> or script that reads that list and updates a local Centos installation
using only
> the rpms on the list and ignoring everything else.  Stuff that's
released to
> Stream would be downloaded and installed at the point where it has been
> released for RHEL and not before.
>
> That would (I think) keep your Centos installation in sync with RHEL.
That (if it worked) would only work up until the stream reaches EOL at the end
of 'Full Support mode '- which for EL 8 is 31st May 2024 (not as we were
expecting, sometime in 2029)

Or even better, as Redhat appear to be taking full control of 'CentOS',
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 :-)

James Pearson

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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Matthew Miller
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