On 04.05.21 17:41, Dave Dykstra wrote: > Yasha, > > I'll try to answer as I understand things as an observer. > > On Mon, May 03, 2021 at 02:51:30PM -0700, Yasha Karant wrote: > ... >> 1. Fermilab and the non-CERN HEP community are not part of the Linux Future >> Community analysis as far as I can read, but are consulted later after the >> analysis is prepared (for HEP or CERN internal)? > > Fermilab and CERN have made it clear that they want to do everything > jointly. They are considering input from the rest of the HEP community. > >> 2. CentOS Stream 8 repositories -- are these available outside of CERN? >> Outside of HEP? > > CentOS Stream 8 comes straight from Red Hat. JFI: "CentOS Stream 9 will launch in Q2 2021 as part of the RHEL 9 development process." https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.redhat.com_en_blog_faq-2Dcentos-2Dstream-2Dupdates&d=DwICaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=hYk1ITQcUtbqa-Vlm6RCnkOJbUbC15278L1IWzXyRqw&s=SfSn-uhVE6EuC2nmdoDVqqJNPWL1Ak06bk4NTVMleN0&e= Availability of Stream 9 packages on Gitlab, and a koji instance where you can watch package build activity. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blog.centos.org_2021_05_centos-2Dcommunity-2Dnewsletter-2Dmay-2D2021-2D2105_&d=DwICaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=hYk1ITQcUtbqa-Vlm6RCnkOJbUbC15278L1IWzXyRqw&s=1_prbp5ptWOW4IlH1AtwMdgIqTByadUaIjE00obAC3A&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__composes.stream.centos.org_test&d=DwICaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=hYk1ITQcUtbqa-Vlm6RCnkOJbUbC15278L1IWzXyRqw&s=dzekCNHUpo0DVAy9dFQWWJ38-TVG9bhnDuypLQJB2yU&e= >> 3. Note CC7 not SL7. What are the differences? > > CERN and Fermilab did diverge on their approach to EL7. You know what > SL7 is, and much of the HEP community stuck with that, but CERN based > their operating system on CentOS. CC7 stands for CERN CentOS 7. They > are basically compatible and I didn't hear of any application software > that noticed any difference beside the name. -- Leon
