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Re: any update on CERN Linux and CentOS-8 situation?
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Bonnie King <[log in to unmask]>
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Bonnie King <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 3 May 2021 11:25:22 +0000
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Hi Konstantin,

There hasn't been any official statement. On the Fermilab side we are holding discussions and gathering feedback from experiments and other collaborators.

We are working on it and will make an announcement soon.

Bonnie King

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From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2021 9:27 AM
To: Dave Dykstra
Cc: scientific-linux-users
Subject: Re: any update on CERN Linux and CentOS-8 situation?

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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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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