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Why

Posted Jun 25, 2023 10:20 UTC (Sun) by NZheretic (guest, #409)
In reply to: Why by tuna
Parent article: Kuhn: A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model

"Or they could just use CentOS Stream." - Not for the roles in which the CentOS clones has been deployed as a stable distribution.

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Posted Jun 25, 2023 13:50 UTC (Sun) by pbonzini (subscriber, #60935) [Link] (2 responses)

CentOS Stream is pretty stable. Have you ever tried it?

Why

Posted Jun 25, 2023 14:31 UTC (Sun) by NZheretic (guest, #409) [Link] (1 responses)

Are you talking about stability in terms of reliability/uptime or the unchanging consistency of the ABIs/APIs of the packaged RPMs Libraries/RPCs etc?
Since it is both that has been offered by the finally released Red Hat Enterprise Linux & the CentOS ( pre-stream ) clones.

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Posted Jun 25, 2023 16:55 UTC (Sun) by pbonzini (subscriber, #60935) [Link]

Both. ABI goes without saying actually because an ABI change would not make it past CI for those libraries where RHEL guarantees stability.