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Re:Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability by ilyt on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @04:59PM (#36424386)
> The "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel" includes full btrfs, extensive device support (that is removed from the stock kernel), is tuned for the eponymous database, and is always more current. There are several scenarios where it is very attractive.

I'd never go for btrfs in anything enterprise.

But it does annoy me how RHEL moves normal open source software to the separate repos that are available with extra support packages, it just makes managing it annoying

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Re:Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability by chasil on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @05:34PM (#36424948)
It also annoys me to great extents when Red Hat removes support for SAS raid cards that are perfectly usable.

Oracle fixes that.

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Re:Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability by worthless-trash on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @10:11PM (#36427231)
Removed it midstream or between releases ?
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Re:Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability by sketch242 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @03:34AM (#36429078)
RH generally only removes features in major releases. The exception is when they introduce features as a technology preview. Those are subject to potential removal before the EOL of that major release, though they rarely do.
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Re:Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability by worthless-trash on Thursday June 22, 2023 @09:59PM (#36441918)
That was what I had thought. I'm confused with the original statement being a problem as both vendor and the os both need to support the hardware. If there is a problem with the firmware who will RHEL go to keep its agreements ?
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