On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 09:35:02PM +0000, Dave Dykstra wrote: > Both Fermilab and CERN have stated that they plan to use CentOS 8 stream > for now (or Scientific Linux 7 or CentOS 7) and will evaluate later > whether or not to switch to one of the clones.
Interesting. I do not see any information about this and I believe I receive both internal and external official communications from CERN. Do you know who and when made this "centos stream" statement? K.O. > > Dave > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 10:35:18AM -0700, 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. > > > > > > -- > > Konstantin Olchanski > > Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! > > Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca > > Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
