Daniel, thanks for the comment and clarifications in (Googled your twitter account for your first name, hope that's OK).
Actually, the initial communication of this issue was so vague from our perspective, so this is what I and my colleagues understood.
Again, thanks for clarifying, because I personally don't want to bash CentOS, but want to understand what's happening and continue to use it. Maybe it would be beneficial to disseminate this in a more visible and more understandable way.
> And further - where did you hear that CentOS Stream didn't receive security patches? That false...
I didn't hear, but as I said, CentOS Stream was presented as a proving-grounds distribution and, I understood that it'll receive security updates in a best-effort basis.
The news came in a crashing way and the initial roadmap didn't communicated well to the outside world in the beginning. To be frank, a lot of people felt betrayed by IBM/RH. When a company announces a big paradigm shift and cuts the support for the latest release at the end of the year without further explanation besides marketing speak, thinking otherwise is pretty hard.
I just wanted to be kind, sincere, and asked his permission explicitly in my comment I presume. At least it was my intention.
If he wanted me to remove it, I would have happily done so.
Also, I just pasted his nick to Google and it came on top. So I presume he didn’t try to hide his name. If I have sensed the contrary, I would not dig one step further.
"Asking for permission", while simultaneously doing the thing you're asking permission for, without waiting for a response, is not actually asking for permission.
Actually, the initial communication of this issue was so vague from our perspective, so this is what I and my colleagues understood.
Again, thanks for clarifying, because I personally don't want to bash CentOS, but want to understand what's happening and continue to use it. Maybe it would be beneficial to disseminate this in a more visible and more understandable way.
> And further - where did you hear that CentOS Stream didn't receive security patches? That false...
I didn't hear, but as I said, CentOS Stream was presented as a proving-grounds distribution and, I understood that it'll receive security updates in a best-effort basis.
The news came in a crashing way and the initial roadmap didn't communicated well to the outside world in the beginning. To be frank, a lot of people felt betrayed by IBM/RH. When a company announces a big paradigm shift and cuts the support for the latest release at the end of the year without further explanation besides marketing speak, thinking otherwise is pretty hard.
Hope you understand the frustration.
Cheers