AlmaLinux a direct downstream from CentOS Stream? [LWN.net]

AlmaLinux a direct downstream from CentOS Stream?

Posted Jul 14, 2023 19:48 UTC (Fri) by mbunkus (subscriber, #87248)
In reply to: AlmaLinux a direct downstream from CentOS Stream? by pbonzini
Parent article: AlmaLinux to diverge (slightly) from RHEL

But if you're building software, why not get the free developer licenses for RHEL instead? Can't get any more ABI compatible than that.

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AlmaLinux a direct downstream from CentOS Stream?

Posted Jul 14, 2023 21:22 UTC (Fri) by pbonzini (subscriber, #60935) [Link] (1 responses)

Using them in CI such as on GitLab is a mess, because you require your contributors to also get some kind of subscription.

99% of the time Stream is ok, but some people just use a rebuild to avoid thinking whether they are in the 1% situation.

AlmaLinux a direct downstream from CentOS Stream?

Posted Jul 14, 2023 21:40 UTC (Fri) by mbunkus (subscriber, #87248) [Link]

Right, I totally forgot about CI/CD pipelines for some reason…

AlmaLinux a direct downstream from CentOS Stream?

Posted Jul 17, 2023 6:52 UTC (Mon) by taladar (subscriber, #68407) [Link]

Anything with licenses, even free ones, is a mess in any situation where you previously didn't have to think about number of systems at all, such as CI/CD via containers or test systems that do not live long.