Changing CentOS in mid-stream

Posted Dec 26, 2020 4:10 UTC (Sat) by imgx64 (guest, #78590)
In reply to: Changing CentOS in mid-stream by Otus
Parent article: Changing CentOS in mid-stream

I read the CentOS Stream FAQ:

What happens when CentOS Stream switches from RHEL 8 to RHEL 9 based content?
Around the time the RHEL 9 Public Beta is issued, an additional set of CentOS Stream repositories and ISOs will be available. The existing CentOS Stream repositories representing RHEL 8 bits will continue to be available, and changes to these bits will continue as before for the duration of the RHEL 8 Full Support Phase. At that time, the older repositories will be discontinued, although sources will continue to be available.

and it doesn't mention "a year after 9 is released". I think "repositories representing RHEL 8 bits" means binary yum repositories, not source git repositories, so you can keep using CentOS Stream 8 as long as RHEL 8 is supported. However, I'm not sure what are the older repositories that are being discontinued