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________________________________ From: Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2019 8:20 AM To: dev Cc: users Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Remove support for el6 packaging in 4.13/4.14 +1, EL6 is in its last phase of support. -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rohit Yadav" <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> > To: "dev" <d...@cloudstack.apache.org>, "users" <users@cloudstack.apache.org> > Sent: Monday, 15 April, 2019 08:44:58 > Subject: [DISCUSS] Remove support for el6 packaging in 4.13/4.14 > All, > > > With CentOS8 around the corner to be released sometime around the summer, I > would like to propose to deprecate CentOS6 as support management server host > distro and KVM host distro. Non-systemd enabled Ubuntu releases have been > already deprecated [1]. > > > The older CentOS6 version would hold us back as we try to adapt, use and > support > newer JRE version, kvm/libvirt version, the Linux kernel, and several other > older dependencies. Both CentOS6 and RHEL6 have reached EOL on May 10th, 2017 > wrt full updates [1]. > > > If we don't have any disagreements, I propose we remove el6 packaging support > in > the next major release - 4.13. But, if there are users and organisations that > will be badly impacted, let 4.13 be the last of releases to support el6 and we > definitely remove el6 support in 4.14. > > What are your thoughts? > > > [1] EOL date wiki reference: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Hypervisor+and+Management+Server+OS+EOL+Dates > > > > Regards, > > Rohit Yadav > > Software Architect, ShapeBlue > > https://www.shapeblue.com > > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> > Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK > @shapeblue
