I think this misses the point.
SL was a major 'security blanket' for the uncertainty that was
happening with RedHat essentially taking control of CentOS. People were
not sure which way things were going to go, so SL filled the gap.
As time has passed, RedHat has done the right thing so far with CentOS
- and a lot of people are less nervous as a result.
I understand the decision not to do an SL8 - as the environment is
pretty settled again and it is much clearer how this will run. It's
better to utilise those resources on a more internal focus.
The threat of CentOS disappearing is gone, so most people will probably
pick up CentOS 8 when it comes around to it.
Steven Haigh
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On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 1:08 AM, John Holmes <[email protected]>
wrote:
Try Springdale Linux (formerly PUIAS), it was started long before
CentOS.
PU-IAS = Princeton University - Institute for Advanced Study
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On 27/04/2019 14:15, Maarten wrote:
Hello fellow SL users,
I having been using SL for a while now, after the CentOS project
became
part of Redhat
I was glad that I was using SL because I would think that CentOS
would
become a middle
testing ground for Redhat to test new things, getting the idea SL
would
stay closer to the
source since it just being another clone. Now that it has been
announced
that there will
be no SL8, what's the best clone to switch to after EOL of SL6 and
SL7.
Even though
Redhat says that CentOS will never be used as a testing ground or
switch how they are
doing things, I do not believe what they say now will be the same
in the
future.
