The OpenELA (Open Enterprise Linux Association), formed by CIQ (Rocky Linux), Oracle, and SUSE to unify efforts for RHEL compatibility, has announced the launch of an automated system that allows the release of source texts of packages to be made publicly available a few days after the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) releases. Currently, the repository supported by the project contains src-packages corresponding to the current releases of RHEL 9.4 and 8.10, along with accumulated updates.
OpenELA has taken over the role of the git.centos.org repository, which was discontinued by Red Hat. The packages offered in the OpenELA repository are distributed freely and without restrictions and can be used as a basis to create distributions that are binary-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, behaving identically (at the error level) to RHEL and suitable as a replacement for RHEL. The repository is maintained through the collaborative efforts of the development teams of RHEL-compatible distributions, including Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, and SUSE Liberty Linux.
After the shutdown of git.centos.org as the sole public source code repository for RHEL packages, only the CentOS Stream repository remains, which is not fully synchronized with RHEL and does not always have the latest package versions matching those from RHEL. Typically, CentOS Stream development runs slightly ahead, but reverse situations can occur—updates for some packages (like the kernel) in CentOS Stream may be published with delays. Additionally, for Red Hat clients, there is the option to download srpm-packages through a restricted section of the website, which operates under an End User License Agreement (EULA) that prohibits redistribution of data, preventing the use of these packages to create derivative distributions.
Source: opennet.ru
