Like we've done for EL6, starting some CloudStack release we'll need to consider the following for EL7:
- drop the EL7 packging support (this can be either from the next major release this year) - change default smoketests against the next (EL8) as the new default - fix our CI/CD to assume/use the new default (EL8) - update our release notes, quick install guide for the new default - add deprecation/EOL section in release notes compat matrix, and/or blog to EL7 users on how they can migrate Regards. ________________________________ From: Nux <n...@li.nux.ro> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 05:00 To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> Cc: Wei ZHOU <ustcweiz...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: CentOS 7 is reaching EOL Yes, I understood, that's what I was addressing. :) On 2024-01-23 23:03, Wei ZHOU wrote: > Hi Lucian, > > I think what Vishesh meant is removing the support of CentOS 7 as a > management server or kvm host. > > -Wei > > On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 22:07, Nux <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > >> I would not be so hasty. I am sure there are still CentOS 5 instances >> in >> existence somewhere, similarly I think CentOS 7 will not go down >> without >> a fight. >> I'm not saying to never kill support for it, but I'd leave it maybe >> 1-2 >> more releases. Corporate users especially will take a lot of time to >> move... >> >> /imho >> >> On 2024-01-23 16:27, Vishesh Jindal wrote: >> > Hi all >> > >> > While working on a PR[1] to upgrade JRE, I noticed that CentOS 7 is >> > reaching end of life on 30 June, 2024 [2]. >> > >> > Should we remove support for CentOS 7 after 4.19 is released? Because >> > by the time 4.20 is out, CentOS 7 would already have reached its EOL >> > and IMO it doesn't make sense to maintain support for it. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Vishesh >> > >> > >> > Ref: >> > [1] https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/8438 >> > [2] https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/centos-linux-eol >>
