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> Why do bug-for-bug with RHEL at all? Why not turn Alma and Rocky into stable distributions in their own right? Because the whole point is for them to be 'com
by bluedino 3y ago
> Why do bug-for-bug with RHEL at all? Why not turn Alma and Rocky into stable distributions in their own right?
Because the whole point is for them to be 'compatible'.
Many of the users are running software that needs to be on RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/etc or it won't be supported.
Sure, there are users who just want a stable OS, but the real point of Rocky/Alma is to have a 100% RHEL-compatible, but free distro.
- bonzini 3y agoThere are many levels of compatibility. ABI compatibility is perhaps the least stringent, bug compatibility is the most picky.