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Wasn't that the purpose of Fedora? An up to date distro where new technologies can tested, community and partner feedback, etc. In any case, I get the justifi
by sliken 4y ago
Wasn't that the purpose of Fedora? An up to date distro where new technologies can tested, community and partner feedback, etc.
In any case, I get the justification for CentOS stream, but changing CentOS 8's EoL from 2029, to Jan 1st 2020 ... after it shipped is definitely a good way to alienate your customers and community.
- dralley 4y agoFedora is where new major versions of RHEL (think 7, 8, 9) come from. Within a major version of RHEL, there was no public upstream under the previous model, and now that public upstream is CentOS Stream. Fedora moves fast enough that by the time a RHEL release comes out, Fedora has moved far enough to not be very relevant as an upstream.
- rbanffy 4y agoWith the exception of Rawhide, Fedora also has major versions. It looks like people think CentOS Stream is Rawhide or Debian Sid, which it is not.
- j33zusjuice 4y agoPeople think it’s even remotely close to Fedora because it was initially communicated as an upstream, rolling distro (which Fedora isn’t, anyway, so …), and they never read any of the press or forum posts after day one. Even if Stream had versions, it’s still only tracking about a minor release ahead of RHEL. If you trusted RHEL’s QE process before, there’s little reason to stop trusting it. I really don’t think much has changed in terms of usage outside of some infrequently used software, but you have to account for that when managing them on a RHEL system, too, so I still don’t really understand the problem.
- rbanffy 4y agoAlso, Red Hat is aware CentOS is their marketing tool. If you like CentOS a lot and need serious support, you hire Red Hat.