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CentOS Stream changes have to go upstream first so the whole community (including other distros) benefit from having changes go through CentOS Stream. Downstre
by rwmj 3y ago
CentOS Stream changes have to go upstream first so the whole community (including other distros) benefit from having changes go through CentOS Stream. Downstream rebuilds of RHEL never contribute anything back to the community, since they are just rebuilding RHEL packages.
- vertis 3y agoYou're incorrect, it benefits the community, it just doesn't benefit Red Hat. From the early days of CentOS, rebuilds of RHEL contributed stripping the trademarks. It's a significant effort in it's own right -- ensuring that you're doing 1 for 1. Edit: I would argue that it also does benefit Red Hat in second-order effects. An increased community using Alma/Rocky (and previously CentOS) means more finding bugs and fixing bugs. I know at least two companies that would still be on Debian if not for CentOS circa 2010-2011. I'm out of touch with them so I have no idea where they went after CentOS stopped being CentOS, but I doubt it was RHEL.