Just a couple thoughts on framing this "development":
Yasha Karant writes:
> Translation -- as a for-profit vendor, IBM does not want to subsidize
> a competitor to RHEL that is without fee.
I see this move in even worse light. Previously there was mutual
benefit and trust between RH and
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.redhat.com_en_blog_faq-2Dcentos-2Dstream-2Dupdates-23Q12=DwIDaQ=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A=FCHZnyuFoWqTM3SyDoXaKAG6aBmlut12Lj80X4nfBUw=4PW9qOS5ATcKxRe0dvVI9Qdzq7vivIRywZU0jKR8298=
If my recollection of the history is correct, CentOS and Princeton EL
were separate from SL. CentOS originally was a "volunteer" effort
building from RHEL source, with RH personnel monitoring the CentOS
"lists" because CentOS had a wider range of an installed base on
enthusiast and home user
> > Very curious how CERN and Fermilab will respond to this.
> I guess that CERN was caught red-handed as well.
(wrong metaphor? you wanted "with pants down" or "off guard" or something like
that?
there is no evidence that CERN was "in" on this change, yes?)
> They have already started to port
Am 09.12.20 um 01:39 schrieb Patrick J. LoPresti:
> Very curious how CERN and Fermilab will respond to this.
I guess that CERN was caught red-handed as well. They have already
started to port their internal systems to CentOS8 according to the
recent site report at HEPiX:
With my conspiracy-theory hat on, I suspect the timing of this
announcement, a week after the demise of the much-loved RHEL6.
--
Andrew C. Aitchison Kendal, UK
and...@aitchison.me.uk
I agree with your sentiments, based upon several informal discussions I
have had with CentOS 8 "adopters". "Supported" RHEL 8 seems to be
better -- but are there still issues with EPEL, etc., because of
inappropriate sub-system designations (as with the python example you
provide)? From what
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 04:39:32PM -0800, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
>
> It has been almost exactly seven years since Red Hat bought CentOS
>
The way I remember it, RedHat approached CentOS lead developers and
made them an offer they could not refuse.
>
> Very curious how CERN and Fermilab will
It has been almost exactly seven years since Red Hat bought CentOS (
is there any possibility for scientific linux 8?
we are testing centos 8 for several monthes, but scientific linux is
much better.
For those who want to be nauseated, here is the essential quote of the post:
The future of the CentOS Project is CentOS Stream, and over the next
year we’ll be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which tracks just ahead of a
Anyone else on the verge of tears after reading today's CentOS blog post?
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