> The last release started out with 10 years of support, but they walked back on that when they announced the end of regular CentOS and reduced it by more than half.
I thought that the "10 years of support" which was customary w/ CentOS wasn't applied, but neither Red Hat nor CentOS made specific announcements that CentOS 8 would have 10 years of support. People believed that CentOS 8 would have 10 years of support because of what was done in the past, but that's always subject to change.
If, however, there were direct statements from Red Hat or CentOS that CentOS 8 would have 10 years of support and then they changed that - that's moving the cheese for sure.
I think you are right. I haven't been able to find any direct EOL date from RH even at launch. It seems like it was mostly people just assuming (for good reasons, but still just assuming) that it had the same EOL.
Though there are some gaps on the Wayback machine that makes it hard to find some centos8 related posts at the time it launched, but I'd be surprised if the eol wouldn't have been announced elsewhere too.
It was customary to be 10 years, but I don’t even know if anyone announced that. I guess I’d compare it to cancelling a pretty good sitcom in the level of consternation. Frustrated that I have to find something else to do on Tuesday night, but I really should read a book instead (use less proprietary Linux).
I thought that the "10 years of support" which was customary w/ CentOS wasn't applied, but neither Red Hat nor CentOS made specific announcements that CentOS 8 would have 10 years of support. People believed that CentOS 8 would have 10 years of support because of what was done in the past, but that's always subject to change.
If, however, there were direct statements from Red Hat or CentOS that CentOS 8 would have 10 years of support and then they changed that - that's moving the cheese for sure.