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RHEL 8 was released in May and users are already discussing the release date of CentOS 8. (Photo: CentOSProject/Twitter)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8) made its way into the market last month, which may have prompted a lot of people to expect the release of CentOS 8. according to recent reports, a major redesign is needed in the bundles; installer manufactures frameworks to make it ready to work with the more up to date working frameworks all the more proficiently. Here's all the info we've managed to scraped about the upcoming CentOS. 

As indicated by the most recent reports, the fundamental form framework for the task has been finished, and at present, the group is focusing on the work of art. Additionally, the fabricate circles likewise need work to have the option to help the majority of the bundles of CentOS. 

"A CentOS major release takes a lot of planning and changes in tooling as it is based on a much newer version of Fedora than previous versions," according to the CentOS Wiki page outlining the build process. "This means that everything from the installer, packages, packaging, and build systems need major overhauls to work with the newer OS. This means that there is always a ramp-up period depending on the changes needed to make a rebuild work." 

The new form framework is for: 

  1. x86_64 

  1. ppc64le (Little Endian 

  1. aarch64 (ARM 64, ARMv8) 

As per CentOS Wiki, here is the status of the construction works: 

  • Sources pushed to CentOS Git - Done 

  • Source code assessment - Ongoing 

  • New Build System Setup - Done 

  • Debranding patches included - Ongoing 

  • Craftsmanship Requested - Done 

  • Craftsmanship Selections - Ongoing 

  • Construct Loop 0 - Done 

  • Construct Loop 1 - Ongoing 

  • Construct Loop N - Not Started 

  • Installer work - Ongoing 

It's safe to assume that the CentOS team have already made the new build system setup ready. However, they need more time to work on several series of build loops to get all of the CentOS 8 packages built in a compatible manner. An installer update is expected after a release candidate. Only after all these releases, CentOS 8 will finally be available for its users. 

We're yet to find out the official release date, but reports are saying that CentOS could be released toward the end of June or early July 2019, that is if we follow the previous pattern.  

If you can't wait til' then, you can also try Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and discover what the world's best enterprise operating system can offer you.