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Thank you for your feedback and discussions. From what we've discussed so far, we've lazy consensus that nobody wants to use el6 or are limited to upgrade to el7/el8 due to potential risks. Moving forward I put forth the following for voting: - Next minor/major releases (such as 4.11.3.0, 4.13.0.0) will be last ones to support el6 packaging both for the management server and KVM host, but users are discouraged from using them - Next major release (4.13.0.0) will document in its release notes that we'll stop supporting centos6/rhel6 packaging in future versions, i.e. 4.14 and onwards - After 4.13.0.0 is released, we will remove el6 related specs, packaging scripts etc. from the codebase in the master branch [ ] +1 approve [ ] +0 no opinion [ ] -1 disapprove (and reason why) ** PMCs kindly add binding to your votes, thanks. Thanks. Regards, Rohit Yadav Software Architect, ShapeBlue https://www.shapeblue.com ________________________________ From: Erik Weber <terbol...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 19:32 To: dev Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Remove support for el6 packaging in 4.13/4.14 CentOS7 was released 5 years ago, upgrading is long overdue anyway. Realistically the next CloudStack release won't be out the door for another ~4-6 months either. -- Erik On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 3:27 PM Ron Wheeler <rwhee...@artifact-software.com> wrote: > > 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. > > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK @shapeblue
