Daniel Hilst
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dhcptest and provtest carried two copies of the config loader, the assertion language, the $step.field substitution, the TAP reporter, the error types and the CLI. The copies had already drifted: list equality, multi-line regex and CIDR membership behaved differently in each. blackboxtest keeps one of each. A step type table in steps.py declares the keys, required keys and reply fields of every type, and the runner dispatches to the DHCP client or to the dig, tftp, curl and xcatd clients. One scenario can now use a DHCP reply in a TFTP step. The shipped scenarios move unchanged to conf/dhcp/ and conf/prov/. Their scenario, step and assertion lists are identical to the old ones. The wire cases and fixtures move to autotest/testcase/blackboxtest/, and CI runs one offline phase instead of two. Removed because no scenario or fixture used them: the pretty and json reports, --pcap, --mac, the discover subcommand, the decline, inform and sleep steps, assert_all, select, and the keys dhcptest accepted and ignored. Signed-off-by: Daniel Hilst <392820+dhilst@users.noreply.github.com>
xCAT
xCAT is a toolkit for deployment and administration of clusters of all sizes.
The xCAT sunset was only a quick eclipse
Dear xCAT Community,
The xCAT sunset has changed course. VersatusHPC has been invited to join the xCAT Consortium, and future development will move toward direct upstream contributions coordinated with the Consortium and its existing member companies.
That matters most for Enterprise Linux 10 (EL10). EL10 support is coming to xCAT, restoring a future operating-system path for sites that still rely on xCAT. This is an important change from the previous sunset guidance, where the lack of an EL10 path was one of the strongest reasons to move away from xCAT.
The xCAT Consortium continues to recommend Confluent as the long-term successor to xCAT, and that remains the Consortium position. Users planning new cluster-management deployments should evaluate Confluent and its xCAT comparison documentation.
At the same time, xCAT is no longer sunsetted. The Consortium and participating companies will continue updating xCAT while there is community and user demand for it.
In summary:
- xCAT development is continuing upstream through the Consortium and participating companies.
- Enterprise Linux 10 support is coming.
- Confluent remains the Consortium-recommended successor and migration path.
- xCAT updates will continue while there is community and user demand.
We want to thank the xCAT Consortium and community for keeping this project moving. The sun went behind the moon for a moment, but xCAT is still here.
For more information on Confluent and how to get started, please visit the Confluent: Project Page, Documentation or Confluent vs xCAT comparison.
With thanks,
The xCAT Consortium
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