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

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Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca
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