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

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.

-- 
Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader

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.
>
> --
> Matthew Miller
> <mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
> Fedora Project Leader
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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.

Matthew Miller:
>> 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.
It that is really the case, then maybe some one from Redhat should pipe up now
...

If there is going to be a no-cost RHEL that can be used in the same way as
CentOS is used now, then I think that would solve all the problems with this
CentOS Stream announcement ... and calm down things

James Pearson