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From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: RHEL OS upgrade from 6.7 (Current version) to 8 version for Postgresql database
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:21:39 -0500
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RH heard the wails of complaint; their solution is to license RHEL for free 
up on up to 16 servers per customer.

At least that's what Ars Technica says. 
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/centos-is-gone-but-rhel-is-now-free-for-up-to-16-production-...

On 3/19/21 2:42 PM, Dave Bolt wrote:
> This is the first I have heard about Centos Stream. I found an announcement dated 8 December 2020 saying that CentOS Project is shifting focus to CentOS Stream, and a LOT of comments and confusion.
> The main thing is that Stream apparently tracks Ahead of a current RHEL release.
> This may be a concern because I and many others use CentOS as a stable 'tried and tested' platform not a 'cutting edge' platform.
>
> Of course, I may be just as confused as everyone else seems to be about what all this actually means.
>
> Getting a bit off topic here, so apologies if I'm upsetting anyone.
>
> Regards,
> Dave Bolt
>
> -----Original Message (extract) -----
> From: MichaelDBA [mailto:MichaelDBA@sqlexec.com]
> Sent: 19 March 2021 17:18
> To: Tom Lane
> Cc: ram pratap maurya; paul.foerster@gmail.com; pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: RHEL OS upgrade from 6.7 (Current version) to 8 version for Postgresql database
>
> On a side note, shouldn't you be upgrading to CentOS Stream instead of
> CentOS 8?

-- 
Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.





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