We've added support for CentOS 8 in 4.15 (milestone, both as a management server and KVM host). I think it's sensible to wait and see what replaces CentOS and CentOS7 users can continue to use it until 2024 (unless Redhat decides otherwise). I've proposed a PR to add the EOL note in our release notes 4.15:
Regards. ________________________________ From: Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 01:07 To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> Subject: Re: [discuss] CentOS announcement My opinion at the moment: Wait until the dust settles. CloudStack should mainly release RPM based packages which work with systemd. In the end many distros nowadays boil down to: - DEB or RPM - systemd Yes, dependencies might differ in names and versions, but these are the main differences between Linux distributions. I could well be that CloudStacks works on CentOS Stream, Rocky, SL and many other RPM based distributions. But since this is all very fresh I would wait for now and see how this turns out. Wido On 12/24/20 1:01 PM, Giles Sirett wrote: > You may have seen this news recently announced by Redhat and the CentOS > project. [1] [2] > > > > > > At this early stage, it looks like CentOS Stream will not provide the > stability that we probably expect > > > > So, what Linux distro should we be targeting for MS and KVM agents going > forward ? I guess this is a decision that we have to make as a project. > > > > CentOS 7 will receive full updates only until the year end (Q4 2020) and > maintenance updates will continue until 30 June 2024, so I don't think we > need to rush this decision. Also, I think that there will be a lot of > emerging competitors to fill the void, like the recent announcement of Rocky. > [3] gives a good summary of current choices > > > > I guess, actually, the question is: *when* should we aim to make this > decision ? - the advantage of leaving it is we are able to see what others > settle on. > > > > > [1] Red Hat makes drastic changes to CentOS, leaves users fuming | > TechRadar<https://www.techradar.com/news/red-hat-makes-drastic-changes-to-centos-leaves-users-fuming> > > [2] CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream - > Blog.CentOS.org<https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/> > [3] About/Product - CentOS Wiki<https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product> > [4] Where CentOS Linux users can go from here | > ZDNet<https://www.zdnet.com/article/where-centos-linux-users-can-go-from-here/> > > Kind regards > Giles > > > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > @shapeblue > > > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK @shapeblue
