Related PRs, requesting for review: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/8609 https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/409
Regards. ________________________________ From: Nux <n...@li.nux.ro> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2024 17:24 To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> Cc: us...@cloudstack.apache.org <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>; Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecate/remove support for EOL distros and hypervisors By all means, remove CentOS7 and any EOL OS or component from the matrix and recommendations! Regards On 2024-06-20 11:45, Rohit Yadav wrote: > + Users > > Just to be clear, what this thread is about - Deprecating/removing > documentation via the compatibility matrix for a component does not > necessarily mean CloudStack will not work on it, in fact it might (with > some additional pkg installation if required if we decide to transition > to JRE17/21) and community's testing. The discussion is whether from a > project point of view, what should users be advised that is considered > supported via the compatibility matrix page in the release notes. The > same applies for other distro/hosts, hypervisors, MySQL DB version. > > Just a note for the community to be aware: EL7/CentOS7 active support > has already ended in 2020, and we've already supported it since the > last 3-4 years. It's only the security update/support ending by end > June 2024. So, if there's any future/potential security issue around > EL7, we will not be able to support that 18months moving forward (18 > months being typical ACS LTS release support period). That's risk, I > think we logistically wouldn't be able to carry forward for the next > major release (4.20) in Q3/Q4 '24. > > Refer: https://endoflife.date/centos > > > Regards. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Nux <n...@li.nux.ro> > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2024 15:21 > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> > Cc: Alex Mattioli <alex.matti...@shapeblue.com> > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Deprecate/remove support for EOL distros and > hypervisors > > +1 what Alex said. > It's kind of wrong, but CentOS7 has such a large install base > (generally > and for Cloudstack, too) that I feel deprecating it right away would be > a mistake. > > > On 2024-06-20 10:45, Alex Mattioli wrote: >> I'd like if we keep EL7 for at least one more version, the transition >> path out of that is clear now but many cloud operators haven't >> replaced >> it yet. >> >> On the rest +1 >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> >> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2024 11:43 AM >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >> Subject: [DISCUSS] Deprecate/remove support for EOL distros and >> hypervisors >> >> All, >> >> Referencing >> https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.19.0.0/releasenotes/compat.html, >> some of the distros and hypervisors we support have reached or >> reaching >> EOL by end of this month. >> >> Please review and advise how we should deprecating/remove the >> following >> for the next 4.20 release (i.e. compatibility matrix for the future >> 4.20 release notes): >> >> Distros: >> >> * >> EL7 (CentOS 7, RHEL7, https://endoflife.date/centos) >> * >> Ubuntu 18.04 (https://endoflife.date/ubuntu) >> >> >> Software requirements: >> >> * >> JRE 11 (Discuss - should we transition to support JRE/JDK 17 or 21, >> for >> 4.20? https://endoflife.date/oracle-jdk And are all supported distros >> have a JRE17/21 package/dependency availalble) >> * >> MySQL 5.6, 5.7 (https://endoflife.date/mysql) >> >> Hypervisors: >> >> * >> KVM: Ubuntu 18.04 (https://endoflife.date/ubuntu), EL7 >> (https://endoflife.date/centos) >> * >> XenServer All versions except 8.x (retain note that it's not tested, >> https://www.citrix.com/support/product-lifecycle/legacy-product-matrix.html) >> * >> XCP-ng: All versions except 8.2/LTS (https://endoflife.date/xcp-ng) >> * >> VMware: 6.5, 6.7 (https://endoflife.date/vcenter) >> >> >> Regards.
