RSN 18 - Support for Rocky 8.6 in v22.08

Author	RAPIDS Ops
Status	Completed
Topic	Platform Support Change
RAPIDS Version	v22.08+
Created	June 8, 2022
Updated	September 5, 2023

Overview

Development effort will begin supporting Rocky 8.6 in v22.08. Rocky 8.6 will replace the CentOS 8 OS distributions for future RAPIDS releases. Experimental support will begin in v22.08 nightlies. GA support for Rocky 8.6 is expected for v22.10 stable.

Impact

CentOS 8 users are encouraged to migrate to Rocky 8.6 if possible and provide feedback to the RAPIDS libraries as we develop v22.08.