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by cesarb 1091 days ago
> It's a debranded clone that by definition cannot even have a single bugfix that isn't in RHEL.

Not necessarily. They could easily have an optional repository for "bugfixes that aren't in RHEL". Those who want bug-for-bug compatibility with RHEL for some reason could simply not enable that repository.
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mackca 1091 days ago
That repo would undercut the entire purpose of Rocky, which in their wiki state

> Rocky Linux is a community enterprise Operating System designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Enterprise Linux. [1]

[1] https://wiki.rockylinux.org/

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dev_daftly 1091 days ago
At that point, why wouldn't the user just be using centos stream?
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