Re: [PATCH] doc: no longer support end of life CentOS versions

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

19/11/2024 19:40, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:34:24 +0100
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
> > 31/07/2024 01:40, Stephen Hemminger:
> > > The CentOS Project has shifted focus from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream.
> > > Both CentOS 7 and 8 are now end of life (EOL).
> > > 
> > > 	CentOS Linux 7 EOL: 2024-06-30
> > > 	CentOS Linux 8 EOL: 2021-12-31
> > > 	CentOS Stream 8 EOL: 2024-05-31
> > > 
> > > Update the documentation and release notes. There is no explicit
> > > test in the build process that would block these older versions
> > > but any bug reports or problems will rejected as invalid.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>  
> > 
> > We need an ack from Red Hat maintainers.
> > Adding some Cc.
> > 
> > >      The kernel version required is based on the oldest long term stable kernel available
> > >      at kernel.org when the DPDK version is in development.
> > > -    Compatibility for recent distribution kernels will be kept, notably RHEL/CentOS 7.
> > > +    Compatibility is maintained for currently supported enterprise distribution kernels
> > > +    such as RHEL 8 (which uses 4.18 kernel).  
> > 
> > I prefer the previous wording: "recent distribution kernels".
> 
> The choice of wording was to highlight that what matters is large distributions;
> we don't care directly about embedded (Yocto et al) or fringe stuff (Gentoo, Alma, Alpine, ...)
> which have their own cadence.

We support Alpine for containers usage.

> > And I prefer not talking about the kernel version given it is largely patched with backports.
> 
> Good point.