News CentOS

On 8 December 2020 the CentOS mailing list published roughly the following

The future of the CentOS project is CentOS Stream, and over the next year we will shift our focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to CentOS Stream, which sits just ahead of the current RHEL release.

CentOS Linux 8, as a rebuild of RHEL 8, will end at the end of 2021. CentOS Stream will continue to exist after that date, acting as the upstream (development) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Meanwhile, we understand that many of you have invested in CentOS Linux 7, and we will keep releasing this version until the end of the RHEL 7 life cycle. https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates

CentOS Stream will also become a central element of a major shift in the collaboration between the CentOS Special Interest Groups (SIGs).

This guarantees that the SIGs will develop and test what will become the next version of RHEL.

It also gives the SIGs a clear single goal instead of having to build and test two releases. This gives the CentOS contributor community a great deal of influence over the future of RHEL. And it removes the confusion around what “CentOS” means in the distribution ecosystem Linux .

When CentOS Linux 8 (the RHEL 8 rebuild) ends, your best option will be to move to CentOS Stream 8, which differs only slightly from CentOS Linux 8 and has regular updates like the traditional CentOS Linux releases.

If you use CentOS Linux 8 in production and are concerned that CentOS Stream will not meet your needs, we recommend that you contact Red Hat about the options.

We have a FAQ: https://centos.org/distro-faq to help with your information and planning needs once you work out how this shift of the project's focus may affect you.

The original in English: lists.centos.org

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