Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Jon Pruente
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:46 PM Konstantin Olchanski 
wrote:

> To followup on myself. Need a definition of "unsafe". Must make
> a distinction between "centos is unsafe" vs "redhat is unsafe" vs
> "linux is unsafe" vs "any use of computer is unsafe".
>
> ("safe as certified by recognized authority" need not apply,
> cars and airplanes are certified for safety, but still crash).
>

In the US FDA they use the phrasing "generally recognized as safe" for
things that aren't officially vetted.


Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 01:27:31PM -0800, Yasha Karant wrote:
> >>
> >>>and ... CentOS RPMs are not 100% safe ...
> >
> >This is a very unexpected statement. I feel it should not be passed 
> >unquestioned.
> >

To followup on myself. Need a definition of "unsafe". Must make
a distinction between "centos is unsafe" vs "redhat is unsafe" vs
"linux is unsafe" vs "any use of computer is unsafe".

("safe as certified by recognized authority" need not apply,
cars and airplanes are certified for safety, but still crash).

-- 
Konstantin Olchanski
Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow!
Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca
Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada


Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Maarten
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__springdale.math.ias.edu_wiki_disclaimer=DwIDaQ=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=TKmDwHk4LwNB8HNm9GxxajVITvc216grjypu8En4mdU=uUu-gODJfybAXFqRmgXY4raUbPDlRs1FwEOl4N70nRg= 

"This software is provided with no warranty and no guarantee. We use the 
readily available source code provided by Red Hat to build the 
distribution. Any problems/vulnerabilities that are found in Red Hat are 
going to be present in our versions unless we specifically patched our 
versions.


Whenever possible we follow the release and support schedules from Red 
Hat, when source rpms are available, we will begin building and testing 
them. We believe that the testing done by Red Hat will be much greater 
than our own and in most cases we rely on their testing."



On 12/14/20 10:27 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
As I recall, what you state below is similar in sentiment to 
response/s when I noted the "same" comment concerning Princeton EL in 
the past.  I take it from your response no one in the larger EL 
community (including HPC/HTC) shares the Princeton "sentiment" and 
that there is no "basis in data/fact" for it?  At that time, we 
decided to deploy SL; CentOS Stream however totally is unsatisfactory 
for our needs.


On 12/14/20 1:10 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:



and ... CentOS RPMs are not 100% safe ...




This is a very unexpected statement. I feel it should not be passed 
unquestioned.


Is there any meat there or it's just a general statement on the security
of the CentOS build process vs the security of the Red Hat build process
vs the security of the Princeton build process? (including signatures 
of source code,

signatures of binary packages, security of the mirror network, etc).



Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Yasha Karant
As I recall, what you state below is similar in sentiment to response/s 
when I noted the "same" comment concerning Princeton EL in the past.  I 
take it from your response no one in the larger EL community (including 
HPC/HTC) shares the Princeton "sentiment" and that there is no "basis in 
data/fact" for it?  At that time, we decided to deploy SL; CentOS Stream 
however totally is unsatisfactory for our needs.


On 12/14/20 1:10 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:



and ... CentOS RPMs are not 100% safe ...




This is a very unexpected statement. I feel it should not be passed 
unquestioned.

Is there any meat there or it's just a general statement on the security
of the CentOS build process vs the security of the Red Hat build process
vs the security of the Princeton build process? (including signatures of source 
code,
signatures of binary packages, security of the mirror network, etc).



Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Ching Him Leung
Is there a way to see the Springdale mailing list archive?

Ching Him


Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Yasha Karant
I just checked:  Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS currently uses gcc version 9.3.0 and 
GNU C Library stable release version 2.31


On 12/14/20 1:02 PM, Teh, Kenneth M. wrote:

Software collections has gcc-9. If memory serves, SL7 has gcc-4.8.

*From:* owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov 
 on behalf of Yasha 
Karant 

*Sent:* Monday, December 14, 2020 2:44 PM
*To:* scientific-linux-users@fnal.gov 
*Subject:* Re: Springdale Linux
Thank you for quoting from the Princeton material.  I had read the
Princeton commentary a while ago when internally we were debating SL vs.
Princeton, and went with SL because Fermilab/CERN combined have better
resources than Princeton alone.  The one thing I did note and have
mentioned on this list, if memory serves, was that SL8 was to be
replaced by (the now to-be-defunct) CentOS 8, for which the comment that
such RPMs (including presumably SRPMs) are "not 100% safe" seemed
applicable.  However, there was no substantial discussion of this point;
thus I assumed that as Fermilab/CERN did have a very limited deployment
RHEL license, the HEP community CentOS 8 would be verified against
"safe" RHEL for not just binary compatibility ("bug for bug") but also
"safety".

As pointed out by others on this list, I too need later C++ versions
than EL 7 has -- any idea when Springdale EL8 will be in production
distribution with a distro?

On 12/14/20 12:10 PM, Maarten wrote:

Spring is a binary clone of RHEL and the sources are not based off CentOS.

Quoting someone from the  Springdale mailinglist:  "Springdale Linux 
formerly known as PUIAS (Princeton University Institute for Advanced 
Studies) is older than CentOS and it compiles it's own binaries from the 
upstream source code. It is unrelated to CentOS and in my experience 
CentOS RPMs are not 100% safe. I tend to avoid them. Springdale has it's 
own repos, EPEL is ok and RPM Fusion works for me. For CUDA I use RHEL 
RPMs not CentOS RPMs the same goes for Chrome or anything else."


If you want to install Springdale you can just use the boot iso no DVD 
needed: puias.princeton.edu/data/puias/8.3/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso


As for converting from CentOS8 to Springdale it's basically removing the 
the Centos specific packages and replacing them with the Springdale 
packages. I have done this with a test system and afterwards with my 
personal systems that were running CentOS8. it worked flawlessly so I 
will be sticking to Springdale Linux even after Rocky Linux  is released.


Maarten

On 12/14/20 8:49 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
Springdale EL (Princeton in my terminology, just as SL is 
Fermilab/CERN) shows the following:


Download
DVD

i386    x86_64
8.3    TBA    TBA

That is, there is no repo with an installable EL 8 ISO image.  As for 
repos, Springdale shows:


If you are only looking to install some rpms, you can download our 
repositories on your system.


YUM Repositories for PUIAS 8?  (NB:  This text was thus shown as not 
[yet?] available.


If Sprindale is built from CentOS, then such a build will no longer be 
possible from CentOS Stream (a perpetual "beta" version, not a 
production distro).  Springdale (and Rocky EL) and any future SL 8 -- 
were the HEP community to fund such (personnel, space, and hardware 
platforms) -- would need to get actual production RHEL 8 source from 
IBM RH pursuant to the Linux, GPL, etc., licenses.  Such sources are 
not "pretty" and are deliberately designed to be "unfriendly" to build 
from source, even with removal of all of the proprietary "logo" IP. 
The idea of keeping SL 7 "alive" with perpetual backporting also may 
not be attractive.  For now, until IBM RH announces for CentOS 7 what 
was announced for the to-be-defunct CentOS 8, CentOS 7 can keep SL 7 
patched for security, albeit not necessarily for new hardware (e.g., 
backporting drivers) or supporting new CPU and system I/O architectures.


Yasha Karant

On 12/14/20 3:39 AM, Maarten wrote:
I already converted over my personal systems over to Springdale Linux 
without having to reinstall because it saved me from having to 
reinstall Debian from scratch on all of my systems.


On 12/14/20 12:37 PM, Tapia, Ron wrote:

Hi,

Is anyone considering Springdale Linux 
(https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__springdale.math.ias.edu_=DwIFAw=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=fXPV3dpZLhNbng7dmn_Ujhzb4ZuEw1y-JygmhWnmWFc=X_cL7uUNfZJblixsdJpO5f8utO2X1cLdZWYLVmfwc-s= 



) as a way forward after SL7?

Thanks,

Ron

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Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
>
> > and ... CentOS RPMs are not 100% safe ...
>

This is a very unexpected statement. I feel it should not be passed 
unquestioned.

Is there any meat there or it's just a general statement on the security
of the CentOS build process vs the security of the Red Hat build process
vs the security of the Princeton build process? (including signatures of source 
code,
signatures of binary packages, security of the mirror network, etc).

-- 
Konstantin Olchanski
Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow!
Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca
Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada


Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Teh, Kenneth M.
Software collections has gcc-9. If memory serves, SL7 has gcc-4.8.

From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov 
 on behalf of Yasha Karant 

Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 2:44 PM
To: scientific-linux-users@fnal.gov 
Subject: Re: Springdale Linux

Thank you for quoting from the Princeton material.  I had read the
Princeton commentary a while ago when internally we were debating SL vs.
Princeton, and went with SL because Fermilab/CERN combined have better
resources than Princeton alone.  The one thing I did note and have
mentioned on this list, if memory serves, was that SL8 was to be
replaced by (the now to-be-defunct) CentOS 8, for which the comment that
such RPMs (including presumably SRPMs) are "not 100% safe" seemed
applicable.  However, there was no substantial discussion of this point;
thus I assumed that as Fermilab/CERN did have a very limited deployment
RHEL license, the HEP community CentOS 8 would be verified against
"safe" RHEL for not just binary compatibility ("bug for bug") but also
"safety".

As pointed out by others on this list, I too need later C++ versions
than EL 7 has -- any idea when Springdale EL8 will be in production
distribution with a distro?

On 12/14/20 12:10 PM, Maarten wrote:
> Spring is a binary clone of RHEL and the sources are not based off CentOS.
>
> Quoting someone from the  Springdale mailinglist:  "Springdale Linux
> formerly known as PUIAS (Princeton University Institute for Advanced
> Studies) is older than CentOS and it compiles it's own binaries from the
> upstream source code. It is unrelated to CentOS and in my experience
> CentOS RPMs are not 100% safe. I tend to avoid them. Springdale has it's
> own repos, EPEL is ok and RPM Fusion works for me. For CUDA I use RHEL
> RPMs not CentOS RPMs the same goes for Chrome or anything else."
>
> If you want to install Springdale you can just use the boot iso no DVD
> needed: puias.princeton.edu/data/puias/8.3/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso
>
> As for converting from CentOS8 to Springdale it's basically removing the
> the Centos specific packages and replacing them with the Springdale
> packages. I have done this with a test system and afterwards with my
> personal systems that were running CentOS8. it worked flawlessly so I
> will be sticking to Springdale Linux even after Rocky Linux  is released.
>
> Maarten
>
> On 12/14/20 8:49 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
>> Springdale EL (Princeton in my terminology, just as SL is
>> Fermilab/CERN) shows the following:
>>
>> Download
>> DVD
>>
>> i386x86_64
>> 8.3TBATBA
>>
>> That is, there is no repo with an installable EL 8 ISO image.  As for
>> repos, Springdale shows:
>>
>> If you are only looking to install some rpms, you can download our
>> repositories on your system.
>>
>> YUM Repositories for PUIAS 8?  (NB:  This text was thus shown as not
>> [yet?] available.
>>
>> If Sprindale is built from CentOS, then such a build will no longer be
>> possible from CentOS Stream (a perpetual "beta" version, not a
>> production distro).  Springdale (and Rocky EL) and any future SL 8 --
>> were the HEP community to fund such (personnel, space, and hardware
>> platforms) -- would need to get actual production RHEL 8 source from
>> IBM RH pursuant to the Linux, GPL, etc., licenses.  Such sources are
>> not "pretty" and are deliberately designed to be "unfriendly" to build
>> from source, even with removal of all of the proprietary "logo" IP.
>> The idea of keeping SL 7 "alive" with perpetual backporting also may
>> not be attractive.  For now, until IBM RH announces for CentOS 7 what
>> was announced for the to-be-defunct CentOS 8, CentOS 7 can keep SL 7
>> patched for security, albeit not necessarily for new hardware (e.g.,
>> backporting drivers) or supporting new CPU and system I/O architectures.
>>
>> Yasha Karant
>>
>> On 12/14/20 3:39 AM, Maarten wrote:
>>> I already converted over my personal systems over to Springdale Linux
>>> without having to reinstall because it saved me from having to
>>> reinstall Debian from scratch on all of my systems.
>>>
>>> On 12/14/20 12:37 PM, Tapia, Ron wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone considering Springdale Linux
>>>> (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__springdale.math.ias.edu_=DwIFAw=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=fXPV3dpZLhNbng7dmn_Ujhzb4ZuEw1y-JygmhWnmWFc=X_cL7uUNfZJblixsdJpO5f8utO2X1cLdZWYLVmfwc-s=
>>>> ) as a way forward after SL7?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ron
>>>>
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Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Yasha Karant
Thank you for quoting from the Princeton material.  I had read the 
Princeton commentary a while ago when internally we were debating SL vs. 
Princeton, and went with SL because Fermilab/CERN combined have better 
resources than Princeton alone.  The one thing I did note and have 
mentioned on this list, if memory serves, was that SL8 was to be 
replaced by (the now to-be-defunct) CentOS 8, for which the comment that 
such RPMs (including presumably SRPMs) are "not 100% safe" seemed 
applicable.  However, there was no substantial discussion of this point; 
thus I assumed that as Fermilab/CERN did have a very limited deployment 
RHEL license, the HEP community CentOS 8 would be verified against 
"safe" RHEL for not just binary compatibility ("bug for bug") but also 
"safety".


As pointed out by others on this list, I too need later C++ versions 
than EL 7 has -- any idea when Springdale EL8 will be in production 
distribution with a distro?


On 12/14/20 12:10 PM, Maarten wrote:

Spring is a binary clone of RHEL and the sources are not based off CentOS.

Quoting someone from the  Springdale mailinglist:  "Springdale Linux 
formerly known as PUIAS (Princeton University Institute for Advanced 
Studies) is older than CentOS and it compiles it's own binaries from the 
upstream source code. It is unrelated to CentOS and in my experience 
CentOS RPMs are not 100% safe. I tend to avoid them. Springdale has it's 
own repos, EPEL is ok and RPM Fusion works for me. For CUDA I use RHEL 
RPMs not CentOS RPMs the same goes for Chrome or anything else."


If you want to install Springdale you can just use the boot iso no DVD 
needed: puias.princeton.edu/data/puias/8.3/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso


As for converting from CentOS8 to Springdale it's basically removing the 
the Centos specific packages and replacing them with the Springdale 
packages. I have done this with a test system and afterwards with my 
personal systems that were running CentOS8. it worked flawlessly so I 
will be sticking to Springdale Linux even after Rocky Linux  is released.


Maarten

On 12/14/20 8:49 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
Springdale EL (Princeton in my terminology, just as SL is 
Fermilab/CERN) shows the following:


Download
DVD

i386    x86_64
8.3    TBA    TBA

That is, there is no repo with an installable EL 8 ISO image.  As for 
repos, Springdale shows:


If you are only looking to install some rpms, you can download our 
repositories on your system.


YUM Repositories for PUIAS 8?  (NB:  This text was thus shown as not 
[yet?] available.


If Sprindale is built from CentOS, then such a build will no longer be 
possible from CentOS Stream (a perpetual "beta" version, not a 
production distro).  Springdale (and Rocky EL) and any future SL 8 -- 
were the HEP community to fund such (personnel, space, and hardware 
platforms) -- would need to get actual production RHEL 8 source from 
IBM RH pursuant to the Linux, GPL, etc., licenses.  Such sources are 
not "pretty" and are deliberately designed to be "unfriendly" to build 
from source, even with removal of all of the proprietary "logo" IP. 
The idea of keeping SL 7 "alive" with perpetual backporting also may 
not be attractive.  For now, until IBM RH announces for CentOS 7 what 
was announced for the to-be-defunct CentOS 8, CentOS 7 can keep SL 7 
patched for security, albeit not necessarily for new hardware (e.g., 
backporting drivers) or supporting new CPU and system I/O architectures.


Yasha Karant

On 12/14/20 3:39 AM, Maarten wrote:
I already converted over my personal systems over to Springdale Linux 
without having to reinstall because it saved me from having to 
reinstall Debian from scratch on all of my systems.


On 12/14/20 12:37 PM, Tapia, Ron wrote:

Hi,

Is anyone considering Springdale Linux 
(https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__springdale.math.ias.edu_=DwIFAw=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=fXPV3dpZLhNbng7dmn_Ujhzb4ZuEw1y-JygmhWnmWFc=X_cL7uUNfZJblixsdJpO5f8utO2X1cLdZWYLVmfwc-s= 
) as a way forward after SL7?


Thanks,

Ron

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Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Maarten

Spring is a binary clone of RHEL and the sources are not based off CentOS.

Quoting someone from the  Springdale mailinglist:  "Springdale Linux 
formerly known as PUIAS (Princeton University Institute for Advanced 
Studies) is older than CentOS and it compiles it's own binaries from the 
upstream source code. It is unrelated to CentOS and in my experience 
CentOS RPMs are not 100% safe. I tend to avoid them. Springdale has it's 
own repos, EPEL is ok and RPM Fusion works for me. For CUDA I use RHEL 
RPMs not CentOS RPMs the same goes for Chrome or anything else."


If you want to install Springdale you can just use the boot iso no DVD 
needed: puias.princeton.edu/data/puias/8.3/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso


As for converting from CentOS8 to Springdale it's basically removing the 
the Centos specific packages and replacing them with the Springdale 
packages. I have done this with a test system and afterwards with my 
personal systems that were running CentOS8. it worked flawlessly so I 
will be sticking to Springdale Linux even after Rocky Linux  is released.


Maarten

On 12/14/20 8:49 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
Springdale EL (Princeton in my terminology, just as SL is 
Fermilab/CERN) shows the following:


Download
DVD

i386    x86_64
8.3    TBA    TBA

That is, there is no repo with an installable EL 8 ISO image.  As for 
repos, Springdale shows:


If you are only looking to install some rpms, you can download our 
repositories on your system.


YUM Repositories for PUIAS 8?  (NB:  This text was thus shown as not 
[yet?] available.


If Sprindale is built from CentOS, then such a build will no longer be 
possible from CentOS Stream (a perpetual "beta" version, not a 
production distro).  Springdale (and Rocky EL) and any future SL 8 -- 
were the HEP community to fund such (personnel, space, and hardware 
platforms) -- would need to get actual production RHEL 8 source from 
IBM RH pursuant to the Linux, GPL, etc., licenses.  Such sources are 
not "pretty" and are deliberately designed to be "unfriendly" to build 
from source, even with removal of all of the proprietary "logo" IP.  
The idea of keeping SL 7 "alive" with perpetual backporting also may 
not be attractive.  For now, until IBM RH announces for CentOS 7 what 
was announced for the to-be-defunct CentOS 8, CentOS 7 can keep SL 7 
patched for security, albeit not necessarily for new hardware (e.g., 
backporting drivers) or supporting new CPU and system I/O architectures.


Yasha Karant

On 12/14/20 3:39 AM, Maarten wrote:
I already converted over my personal systems over to Springdale Linux 
without having to reinstall because it saved me from having to 
reinstall Debian from scratch on all of my systems.


On 12/14/20 12:37 PM, Tapia, Ron wrote:

Hi,

Is anyone considering Springdale Linux 
(https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__springdale.math.ias.edu_=DwIFAw=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=fXPV3dpZLhNbng7dmn_Ujhzb4ZuEw1y-JygmhWnmWFc=X_cL7uUNfZJblixsdJpO5f8utO2X1cLdZWYLVmfwc-s= 
) as a way forward after SL7?


Thanks,

Ron

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Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Yasha Karant
Springdale EL (Princeton in my terminology, just as SL is Fermilab/CERN) 
shows the following:


Download
DVD

i386x86_64
8.3 TBA TBA

That is, there is no repo with an installable EL 8 ISO image.  As for 
repos, Springdale shows:


If you are only looking to install some rpms, you can download our 
repositories on your system.


YUM Repositories for PUIAS 8?  (NB:  This text was thus shown as not 
[yet?] available.


If Sprindale is built from CentOS, then such a build will no longer be 
possible from CentOS Stream (a perpetual "beta" version, not a 
production distro).  Springdale (and Rocky EL) and any future SL 8 -- 
were the HEP community to fund such (personnel, space, and hardware 
platforms) -- would need to get actual production RHEL 8 source from IBM 
RH pursuant to the Linux, GPL, etc., licenses.  Such sources are not 
"pretty" and are deliberately designed to be "unfriendly" to build from 
source, even with removal of all of the proprietary "logo" IP.  The idea 
of keeping SL 7 "alive" with perpetual backporting also may not be 
attractive.  For now, until IBM RH announces for CentOS 7 what was 
announced for the to-be-defunct CentOS 8, CentOS 7 can keep SL 7 patched 
for security, albeit not necessarily for new hardware (e.g., backporting 
drivers) or supporting new CPU and system I/O architectures.


Yasha Karant

On 12/14/20 3:39 AM, Maarten wrote:
I already converted over my personal systems over to Springdale Linux 
without having to reinstall because it saved me from having to reinstall 
Debian from scratch on all of my systems.


On 12/14/20 12:37 PM, Tapia, Ron wrote:

Hi,

Is anyone considering Springdale Linux 
(https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__springdale.math.ias.edu_=DwIFAw=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=fXPV3dpZLhNbng7dmn_Ujhzb4ZuEw1y-JygmhWnmWFc=X_cL7uUNfZJblixsdJpO5f8utO2X1cLdZWYLVmfwc-s= 
) as a way forward after SL7?


Thanks,

Ron

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Re: Springdale Linux

2020-12-14 Thread Maarten
I already converted over my personal systems over to Springdale Linux 
without having to reinstall because it saved me from having to reinstall 
Debian from scratch on all of my systems.


On 12/14/20 12:37 PM, Tapia, Ron wrote:

Hi,

Is anyone considering Springdale Linux 
(https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__springdale.math.ias.edu_=DwIFAw=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=fXPV3dpZLhNbng7dmn_Ujhzb4ZuEw1y-JygmhWnmWFc=X_cL7uUNfZJblixsdJpO5f8utO2X1cLdZWYLVmfwc-s=
 ) as a way forward after SL7?

Thanks,

Ron

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