From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7442945D46; Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:38:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDEF542E37; Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:38:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from fhigh-a7-smtp.messagingengine.com (fhigh-a7-smtp.messagingengine.com [103.168.172.158]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48FC140289 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:38:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from phl-compute-09.internal (phl-compute-09.phl.internal [10.202.2.49]) by mailfhigh.phl.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB370114011F; Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:38:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from phl-mailfrontend-01 ([10.202.2.162]) by phl-compute-09.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:38:56 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm3; t=1732045136; x=1732131536; bh=eY8qfuDel326Z+S8Cz0R1Ue8mUOdZ29Viw3wusA2w+k=; b= JZ9GSZjmkMmvNSBG1tAQ5wCI0nOZ+YnRygfzbHdMyim8EqSy3P9sHeREA4+JbEvH Z1OFYara4IZq8BZ4cglP1nP/kJouxep7wHhyWsM/avn4DzLocIG+t8MRGyrzDoz1 WnWriO8M/aoSL7VXANpYYNjWBv7VEP3x87HunWusuLI1CRMBFCvECGfCArnomWbd H8F+Jgn/tiysHkka/2CIcEgDQTsox9EzQ/BzmMZyBx44NdX6YGrId0ulqx45peNq n6j4oxdH6AFcOTIXjo/7SxStqSdU3ZyZLnx3w4eWL2RuywLBb7CpoH4xST3y4K4L BS9X25KIOclB5bzAriohkA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; t=1732045136; x= 1732131536; bh=eY8qfuDel326Z+S8Cz0R1Ue8mUOdZ29Viw3wusA2w+k=; b=A fJlSijaE7iL64k86dzhQFywEnf8MxMGQaSNfuueo0dULNIoD9nc9UcF3HPm9l3zP CqtJMwWZCnCbXjG2p9HBLZtDbLCz+oo2ey9NsqFEuzHwHqmvuIkb0mhZFkdX10Iy 2DxBvbq0c4vZwWEV6LxbVFjlMeO7ejqcbBWX15xizck//qIs/eZ5hpLyS/rBO/QP W4wJT1pAmNG/mYR44aHj4sawhiytDbDDKKavj/vje51tJKvSl4Nl/Wt1QsdRbbzu vVkkITcWXpAdHBmZcVjInThvGKOwPNGiIkN7EybJ/kHlg1FKpzfX7R3VZoJIEh3O Ecbx5cl2l1HpLymC5j6fg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeefuddrfedvgdduvdeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdggtfgfnhhsuhgsshgtrhhisggvpdfu rfetoffkrfgpnffqhgenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnh htshculddquddttddmnecujfgurhephffvvefufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtjeen ucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhmrghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrg hlohhnrdhnvghtqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeejudevheeiveduuddtveffgfdtgeek ueevjeffjeegtdeggeekgfdvuefgfeekjeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurf grrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtpdhn sggprhgtphhtthhopeehpdhmohguvgepshhmthhpohhuthdprhgtphhtthhopehsthgvph hhvghnsehnvghtfihorhhkphhluhhmsggvrhdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopeguvghvsegu phgukhdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopehmtghoqhhuvghlihesrhgvughhrghtrdgtohhmpd hrtghpthhtohepkhhtrhgrhihnohhrsehrvgguhhgrthdrtghomhdprhgtphhtthhopegu rghvihgurdhmrghrtghhrghnugesrhgvughhrghtrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:38:55 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Maxime Coquelin , Kevin Traynor , david.marchand@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: no longer support end of life CentOS versions Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:38:53 +0100 Message-ID: <39369677.J2Yia2DhmK@thomas> In-Reply-To: <20241119104030.1f3733a4@hermes.local> References: <2213386.C4sosBPzcN@thomas> <2377659.n0HT0TaD9V@thomas> <20241119104030.1f3733a4@hermes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 19/11/2024 19:40, Stephen Hemminger: > On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:34:24 +0100 > Thomas Monjalon 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 > > > > 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.