[BlueOnyx:25428] Re: RedHat 9 Beta released - BlueOnyx 5211R development started

[Ernie]

FYI,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 is now officially available to Red Hat customers as
stable. 

Not sure how long the downstream will take to go stable.


-Ernie.


> Hi all,
> 
> RedHat released the Beta of the upcoming RedHat Enterprise Linux 9:
> 
> https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2021/11/03/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-beta-here
> 
> I've grabbed a copy of the DVDs and will play with them in the next
> couple of days to get an early start on the development of a BlueOnyx
> version for it. The next free number is 5211R, so that's what it'll
> probably get.
> 
> With things being what they are with RedHat and CentOS we'll have to see
> what kind of roadmap they have planned. It is likely that RedHat 9 will
> be the stable release and that CentOS 9 will be their unstable
> rolling-release testbed and that will just not be stable enough to base
> critical infrastructure on.
> 
> But we can expect that (again) the guys at AlmaLinux and RockyLinux will
> jump to the rescue and will provide true and just rebranded 1:1 carbon
> copies for RHEL 9 sometime down the road. Same as they did for RHEL 8
> when CentOS 8 was repurposed by their RedHat masters.
> 
> So BlueOnyx 5211R will most likely not be made with CentOS 9 in mind,
> but rather an upcoming AlmaLinux 9 or RockyLinux 9.
> 
> Either way: I'll get started on BlueOnyx 5211R and we'll see where it
> goes. If you hear loud grumbling and a frequent uttering of the German
> word "SCHEISSE!" from somewhere near the equator? That'll be me, again
> chasing more than 300 critically needed RPM dependencies that the RedHat
> 9 beta repositories don't carry yet. :p
> 
> -- 
> With best regards
> 
> Michael Stauber
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