Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] tests: Update our CI to use CentOS Stream 9 instead of 8

[Eric Blake]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 12:10:47PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> RHEL 9 (and thus also the derivatives) are available since two years
> now, so according to QEMU's support policy, we can drop the active

Grammar suggestion:

RHEL 9 (and thus also the derivatives) have been available for two years now,

> support for the previous major version 8 now.
> 
> Another reason for doing this is that Centos Stream 8 will go EOL soon:
> 
> https://blog.centos.org/2023/04/end-dates-are-coming-for-centos-stream-8-and-centos-linux-7/
> 
>   "After May 31, 2024, CentOS Stream 8 will be archived
>    and no further updates will be provided."
> 
> Thus upgrade our CentOS Stream container to major version 9 now.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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