On 2021/05/01 2:35, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
Any news or updates on the status of CERN Linux?
Per https://linux.web.cern.ch/centos8/ CERN users are strongly encouraged
to use CentOS-8 while the same page states that support for CentOS-8 will
end at the end of this year. Update is promised "during Q1 2021", today
we are 1/3 into Q2 2021, and there is no new information.
The CentOS forums are graveyard quiet. (censored?)
Any information from the FermiLab side of things? Any information from the SL
side
of things? Any rumours?
I opened a support ticket with CERN about this, let's see what they say.
So far as I know, the official statement from FermiLab is:
https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind2012&L=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS&P=65515
On 2020/12/18 0:17, James F Amundson wrote:
> CERN and Fermilab acknowledge the recent decision to shift focus from CentOS
Linux to CentOS Stream, and the sudden change of the end of life of the CentOS 8
release. This may entail significant consequences for the worldwide particle
physics community. We are currently investigating together the best path forward.
We will keep you informed about any developments in this area during Q1 2021.
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> James Amundson, Fermilab Scientific Computing Division Head
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