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> What about everybody who built their product on the assumption that there would be a stable CentOS until then? 1. They can start paying RedHat 2. They can h
by Tom4hawk 6y ago
> What about everybody who built their product on the assumption that there would be a stable CentOS until then?
1. They can start paying RedHat
2. They can hire/delegate someone to maintain patches for them
3. They can migrate to something else ;)
- chasil 6y agoOracle already has a clone that performs an in-place conversion of an installed CentOS 7 system. There is a page describing the conversion: https://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/ https://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/ They have a shell script to convert a CentOS install to Oracle Linux, so you can buy support if you want. The converter only works with versions 5, 6, and 7. It does not work with CentOS 8. It would be nice if that could get updated.
- messe 6y agoMy god. If it gets to the point that your best option is to migrate to Oracle, I think you need to really question reality itself. (My opinions are my own, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer; I'm in support at the moment, so foresee myself having to deal with the aftermath of this CentOS decision a year from now)