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Looks like a regression from AL2 in the area of compatibility preserving updates. AL2022 does not make any commitments similar to AL2 (see text from link belo
by zsh_lover 5y ago
Looks like a regression from AL2 in the area of compatibility preserving updates.
AL2022 does not make any commitments similar to AL2 (see text from link below).
It is therefore borderline unusable for enterprises that value stability like my current employer.
https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/faqs/ https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/faqs/
1) AWS will provide security updates and bug fixes for all packages in core [for 5 yrs]
2) AWS will maintain user-space Application Binary Interface (ABI) compatibility for the following packages in core:
elfutils-libelf, glibc, glibc-utils, hesiod, krb5-libs, libgcc, libgomp, libstdc++, libtbb.so, libtbbmalloc.so, libtbbmalloc_proxy.so, libusb, libxml2, libxslt, pam, audit-libs, audit-libs-python, bzip2-libs, c-ares, clutter, cups-libs, cyrus-sasl-gssapi, cyrus-sasl-lib, cyrus-sasl-md5, dbus-glib, dbus-libs, elfutils-libs, expat, fuse-libs, glib2, gmp, gnutls, httpd, libICE, libSM, libX11, libXau, libXaw, libXext, libXft, libXi, libXinerama, libXpm, libXrandr, libXrender, libXt, libXtst, libacl, libaio, libatomic, libattr, libblkid, libcap-ng, libdb, libdb-cxx, libgudev1, libhugetlbfs, libnotify, libpfm, libsmbclient, libtalloc, libtdb, libtevent, libusb, libuuid, ncurses-libs, nss, nss-sysinit, numactl, openssl, p11-kit, papi, pcre, perl, perl-Digest-SHA, perl-Time-Piece, perl-libs, popt, python, python-libs, readline, realmd, ruby, scl-utils, sqlite, systemd-libs, systemtap, tcl, tcp_wrappers-libs, xz-libs, and zlib
3) AWS will provide Application Binary Interface (ABI) compatibility for all other packages in core unless providing such compatibility is not possible for reasons beyond AWS’s control.