Next middleware release
Plans on CentOS8 for UMD
- CentOS8 released in Semptember 2019 https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2019-September/023449.html
- same life cycle as RHEL https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Life_Cycle_Dates
- CentOS8 will be maintained until May 2029
- CentOS7 will be maintained until June 2024
- CentOS6 will be maintained until November 2020
- same life cycle as RHEL https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Life_Cycle_Dates
- Should CentOS8 be added to UMD4 or created within a new major UMD5 (with CentOS8 only)?
- Should CentOS Stream be taken into consideration as an alternative to CentOS8?
- It seems there is no real reason to do that for the time being...
Plans
Creation date | Action | Assignee | Status | Completion date |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020-02-10 | Set up the dry-run | Vincenzo | Planned | |
2020-02-10 | Get plans on CentOS8 for all CentOS7 products | Vincenzo | Planned | |
2020-02-10 | Create instructions for CentOS8 on the Frontend | Vincenzo | Planned | |
2020-02-10 | Preview repository for CentOS8 | Alessandro | Assigned |
Supported products
Product | UMD4/CentOS7 | UMD4/CentOS8 | Status and comments |
---|---|---|---|
XROOTD | Y | N | In EPEL8 |
Globus/GCT | Y | N | In EPEL8 |
GFAL2 | Y | N | In EPEL8 |
Davix | Y | N | In EPEL8 |
ARC-CE | Y | N | In EPEL8 |
StoRM | N | N | Storm planned release in C7 for March 2020, plans for C8 to be provided |
VOMS | N | N | VOMS Admin is not yet released for CENTOS 7, and that will be the main new package. Also, minor changes will be introduced in the VOMS server package (mainly, a systemd unit file), and the codebase is the one that correctly builds against openssl 1.1 (i.e. 2.1.0). |