Jordan Pisaniello published an update on the upcoming RHEL based Rocky Linux.
Community Update - March 2021
This month’s community update is being released a little bit later than the previous updates, as we had hoped to have additional information to announce regarding an initial build image for testing. Unfortunately we’ve had to revise our previous update for a release candidate from March 31 to April 30, due to complications in the build efforts. We continue to make steady progress, and are optimistic about our revised timeline.
With respect to our build infrastructure, we’re pleased to announce a partnership with Fosshost as an alternate build environment. This partnership will allow us to maintain independence in accordance with our core value of remaining free of any single entity’s control or influence. We’re excited to work with Fosshost, and are grateful for their enthusiastic support.
Finally, we’re happy to announce that MontaVista has not only signed on as a Principal Sponsor, but as a partner as well, leading the effort on an embedded Special Interest Group (SIG).
Timeline
In our previous update, we listed a number of items and gave dates to them. Here are what we listed previously, and where we stand with each:
- Build systems and infrastructure readiness - January 31 [DONE]
- Automatic package build infrastructures - January 31 [DONE]
- Testing package repository made public - February 28 [DONE]
- Installer testing readiness - February 28 [In progress]
- ETA for length of time needed for community testing - April 30 [In progress]
- Release candidate availability - April 30 [In progress]
We have updated our goals for community testing and our release candidate availability from March 31 to April 30. While slipping on this date from our previous estimate will come as a disappointment to many, we feel it’s important to inform the community why we’ve had to take additional time for our release.
Community Update - March 2021
