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On Wed, 8 Jan 2014, Connie Sieh wrote:
> We are in the process of researching/evaluating this news and how it
> impacts Scientific Linux.
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> -Connie Sieh
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Update on Scientific Linux
On January 7, Red Hat and CentOS announced that they joined forces
(http://www.centos.org). Since Scientific Linux relies on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux source code, this is of great interest to the
Scientific Linux project. We have been learning more about their plans
and considering the possibilities for Scientific Linux. We've had
conversations with CentOS and Red Hat, and between Fermilab and CERN. We
plan further discussions with these groups and also with other
contributors to and users of Scientific Linux. No final decisions have
been made, but we can provide an update on our thoughts so far.
Fermilab and CERN remain committed to the original goal of Scientific
Linux: providing a stable, well-supported, open-source platform which
meets the needs of high-energy physics experiments. The fact that this
platform is used by people outside of that community is something we
appreciate and will be a factor in any decisions going forward.
There are still many questions to pursue as the details of CentOS
Special Interest Groups continue to evolve. The anticipated release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 presents an opportunity to consider
forming/joining a CentOS Special Interest Group
(http://www.centos.org/about/governance/sigs/) and producing Scientific
Linux 7 as a CentOS variant (http://www.centos.org/variants/). The
variant structure may allow greater flexibility in adapting the
distribution to scientific needs. The framework and relationship
structure of CentOS Special Interest Groups is still under heavy
discussion on the CentOS development list. This is only being evaluated
for Scientific Linux version 7.
Security and other updates for the current Scientific Linux versions 5
and 6 will continue uninterrupted. We expect the process for SL 5 and 6
support to remain essentially the same, with the only substantive change
being that source code will come from centos.org rather than redhat.com.
We expect this change to be transparent to all users.
There will be many more details to fill in, and we'll try to keep
everyone in the Scientific Linux community informed as we continue to
explore the options the Red Hat / CentOS partnership presents.
-Connie Sieh
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