Re: [CentOS] Update path question in connection with CentOS Stream?
Am 10.12.20 um 16:51 schrieb Pete Biggs: when someone has installed a CentOS 7.1 in the past, and did 'yum update' regularily, his/she got a CentOS 7.8 now without any reinstallation procedure or other complications; when the same wanted to update to CentOS 8 he/she had to do a new install; what happens to CentOS Stream? when some is now installing CentOS Steam and will do 'dnf update' or 'yum update' regularily in the future, what does he/she get till the "end"? is this a rolling release like Win10 which doesn't need to be reinstalled now and in future? (the fact that hardware can break is not the question) Yes, you just continually get updates in 8-stream. There's no quantised point releases. A fully updated 8-stream install is the equivalent of the last point release of RHEL8 plus some other bits and those other bits will accumulate over the 6 months and eventually form the next point release. You will continue to get updates in 8-stream until the last RHEL8 point release (8.10) in 2024. It is unclear to me what will happen then - will 8-stream remain dormant and get security fixes only? No. https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2020-December/075532.html Will it be removed completely (either deleted or put in vault)? Retired+Vault: https://centos.org/distro-faq/#q13-can-i-start-up-a-sig-that-will-maintain-centos-stream-8-after-rhel8-reaches-the-end-of-full-support Will there be an "upgrade" mechanism to get to 9-stream? C9S will be based on ~F34. Someone mentioned a path elsewhere. https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2020-December/352366.html -- Leon ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Update path question in connection with CentOS Stream?
> when someone has installed a CentOS 7.1 in the past, > > and did 'yum update' regularily, his/she got a CentOS 7.8 now without > any reinstallation procedure or other complications; > > when the same wanted to update to CentOS 8 he/she had to do a new install; > > what happens to CentOS Stream? > > when some is now installing CentOS Steam and will do > > 'dnf update' or 'yum update' regularily in the future, > > what does he/she get till the "end"? > > is this a rolling release like Win10 which doesn't need to be > reinstalled now and in future? > (the fact that hardware can break is not the question) Yes, you just continually get updates in 8-stream. There's no quantised point releases. A fully updated 8-stream install is the equivalent of the last point release of RHEL8 plus some other bits and those other bits will accumulate over the 6 months and eventually form the next point release. You will continue to get updates in 8-stream until the last RHEL8 point release (8.10) in 2024. It is unclear to me what will happen then - will 8-stream remain dormant and get security fixes only? Will it be removed completely (either deleted or put in vault)? Will there be an "upgrade" mechanism to get to 9-stream? P. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Update path question in connection with CentOS Stream?
Hello, when someone has installed a CentOS 7.1 in the past, and did 'yum update' regularily, his/she got a CentOS 7.8 now without any reinstallation procedure or other complications; when the same wanted to update to CentOS 8 he/she had to do a new install; what happens to CentOS Stream? when some is now installing CentOS Steam and will do 'dnf update' or 'yum update' regularily in the future, what does he/she get till the "end"? is this a rolling release like Win10 which doesn't need to be reinstalled now and in future? (the fact that hardware can break is not the question) Thanks, Walter ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
