According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS
CentOS 6 EOL is 2020
CentOS 7 EOL is 2024
+1 for removing support for CentOS 6.
As Erik pointed out the sites running CentOS6 will have to move soon in
any event and it is probably better to do it now when there is still a
lot of current expertise and information available about how to do it
and how to make any changes to applications.
Upgrading in a project that is under your control is usually easier than
one forced on you by a security issue or an operational failure.
Ron
On 4/24/19 3:24 AM, Erik Weber wrote:
As an operations guy I can understand the want for future updates and
not upgrading, but with the release plan of RHEL/CentOS I don't find
it feasible.
RHEL6 is 8 years old (and is still running kernel 2.6!) and isn't
scheduled to be fully EOL until 2024.
It is true that upgrading requires some effort (and risk) from
operators, but this is work they eventually have to do anyway, so it's
not a matter of /if/ they have to do it, but rather when.
It is also true that current CloudStack releases should continue to
work, it's also possible that someone might back port future fixes to
a RHEL6 compatible fork (you're more than welcome to).
I'd vote +1 to remove support for el6 packaging.
