Joint Fermilab/CERN statement on recent CentOS Changes
CERN and Fermilab acknowledge the recent decision to shift focus from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream, and the sudden change of the end of life of the CentOS 8 release. This may entail significant consequences for the worldwide particle physics community. We are currently investigating together the best path forward. We will keep you informed about any developments in this area during Q1 2021. James Amundson, Fermilab Scientific Computing Division Head Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy, Fermilab Chief Information Officer -- James Amundson Head, Scientific Computing Division Office of the CIO Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory +1 (630) 840-2430 office +1 (630) 488-6910 mobile
Re: Joint Fermilab/CERN statement on recent CentOS Changes
URL: CentOS 8 Linux@CERN https://linux.web.cern.ch/centos8/ Regrds, Takashi On 2020/12/18 0:17, James F Amundson wrote: CERN and Fermilab acknowledge the recent decision to shift focus from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream, and the sudden change of the end of life of the CentOS 8 release. This may entail significant consequences for the worldwide particle physics community. We are currently investigating together the best path forward. We will keep you informed about any developments in this area during Q1 2021. James Amundson, Fermilab Scientific Computing Division Head Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy, Fermilab Chief Information Officer *-- James Amundson* /Head, Scientific Computing Division/ Office of the CIO Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory +1 (630) 840-2430 office +1 (630) 488-6910 mobile
Re: Joint Fermilab/CERN statement on recent CentOS Changes
> On 2020/12/18 0:17, James F Amundson wrote: > > CERN and Fermilab acknowledge the recent decision to shift focus from > > CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream, and the sudden change of the end of life of > > the CentOS 8 release. This may entail significant consequences for the > > worldwide particle physics community. We are currently investigating > > together the best path forward. We will keep you informed about any > > developments in this area during Q1 2021. > > > > James Amundson, Fermilab Scientific Computing Division Head > > > > Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy, Fermilab Chief Information Officer Great. I hope it means there is a change to upgrade Scientific Linux 7 to 8.
Re: Joint Fermilab/CERN statement on recent CentOS Changes
The URL document linked below mentions various repos -- are these available outside the CERN HEP collaborations, the same as SL (and ElRepo, etc.) are "public"? If these repos are public, is there a public list (not restricted to the CERN HEP collaborations) that conveys the same sort of information as the current SL users list? Yasha Karant On 12/17/20 8:07 AM, Takashi Ichihara wrote: URL: CentOS 8 Linux@CERN https://linux.web.cern.ch/centos8/ Regrds, Takashi On 2020/12/18 0:17, James F Amundson wrote: CERN and Fermilab acknowledge the recent decision to shift focus from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream, and the sudden change of the end of life of the CentOS 8 release. This may entail significant consequences for the worldwide particle physics community. We are currently investigating together the best path forward. We will keep you informed about any developments in this area during Q1 2021. James Amundson, Fermilab Scientific Computing Division Head Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy, Fermilab Chief Information Officer *-- James Amundson* /Head, Scientific Computing Division/ Office of the CIO Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory +1 (630) 840-2430 office +1 (630) 488-6910 mobile
Re: Joint Fermilab/CERN statement on recent CentOS Changes
On 12/17/20 2:21 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: The URL document linked below mentions various repos -- are these available outside the CERN HEP collaborations, the same as SL (and ElRepo, etc.) are "public"? If these repos are public, is there a public list (not restricted to the CERN HEP collaborations) that conveys the same sort of information as the current SL users list? I would say "try them and see" but I seem to remember something about your uni firewall or somesuch. So, since I do have complete control over the firewall here, I tried the links. Clicking on the links for both sets of repositories worked for me; I get a directory listing of the repositories hosted at CERN. The page was a bit slow to load, though. As far as mailing lists are concerned, I think this one that we're on is the one you want.
