PR#69: Clarify CS8 EOL - centos/centos.org

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#69 Clarify CS8 EOL

Merged 3 years ago by rbowen. Opened 3 years ago by carlwgeorge.

centos/ carlwgeorge/centos.org cs8-eol into master

Clarify CS8 EOL

Carl George • 3 years ago

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_includes/centos-stream-download.html

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		`<div>`
		`<ul class="nav nav-tabs">`
		`- <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link active" role="tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#tab-4">Latest</a></li>`
		`+ <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link active" role="tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#tab-4">8</a></li>`
		`</ul>`
		`<div class="tab-content">`
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		`- <td>N/A<br></td>`
		`+ <td>2024-05-31<br></td>`
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distro-faq.md

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		`* Updates for the CentOS Linux 6 distribution [ended November 30, 2020](https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product).`
		`* Updates for the CentOS Linux 7 distribution continue as before until the [end of support for RHEL7](https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates).`
		`* Updates for the CentOS Linux 8 distribution continue until the end of 2021; users can choose to switch over directly to CentOS Stream 8`
		`- * Updates for the CentOS Stream 8 distribution continue through the [full RHEL support phase](https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates).`
		`+ * Updates for the CentOS Stream 8 distribution continue through the [RHEL 8 "full support" phase](https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates).`

		`We will not be producing a CentOS Linux 9, as a rebuild of RHEL 9. Instead CentOS Stream 9 fulfills this role. (See Q6 below regarding the overlap between concurrent streams.)`

carlwgeorge commented 3 years ago

Now that we know the date for the CS8 EOL, we should display that prominently on the website. I've also seen some people thinking the phrase "full RHEL support phase" means that CS8 has a 10 year lifecycle, so this puts the term "full support" in quotes to be more specific.