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- :2020-12-16: Moving to CentOS7 and CentOS6 End-of-Life
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- ``conda-forge ``'s compiler stack uses repackaged libraries from CentOS6
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- to supply certain libraries, notably ``glibc `` when building recipes. We currently
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- default to using CentOS6 with the ``glibc `` 2.12 ABI. However, CentOS6 reached
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- end-of-life in November 2020 and increasingly software packages require at
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- least CentOS7 with the ``glibc `` 2.17 ABI. We also realize that some
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- communities who may have been planning to skip CentOS7 and move straight to
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- CentOS8 might not be ready for a full-scale switch to CentOS7. Thus the
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- ``conda-forge `` core team has decided to delay moving to CentOS7 until sometime
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- early next year, likely the end of January 2021 at the earliest. We are actively
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+ :2020-12-16: Moving to CentOS 7 and CentOS 6 End-of-Life
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+ ``conda-forge ``'s compiler stack uses repackaged libraries from CentOS 6
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+ to supply certain libraries, notably ``glibc `` when building recipes. We currently
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+ default to using CentOS 6 with the ``glibc `` 2.12 ABI. However, CentOS6 reached
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+ end-of-life in November 2020 and increasingly software packages require at
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+ least CentOS 7 with the ``glibc `` 2.17 ABI. We also realize that due to recent
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+ events some communities that may have been planning to skip CentOS 7
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+ and move straight to CentOS 8 might be reconsidering those plans. Further, they
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+ may not be ready for a full-scale switch to CentOS 7. Thus the
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+ ``conda-forge `` core team has decided to delay moving to CentOS 7 until sometime
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+ early next year, likely the end of January 2021 at the earliest. We are actively
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looking for feedback from our users on this issue. Please do :ref: `get in touch <getintouch >`
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if you have comments or concerns!
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