# Release Engineering **URL:** https://forums.rockylinux.org/c/teams/release-engineering/68.md [Latest](https://forums.rockylinux.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.rockylinux.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.rockylinux.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Release Engineering category](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/about-the-release-engineering-category/14978)
**Author:** [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/about-the-release-engineering-category/14978 "2024-07-09T07:28:39Z")
Posts, articles, and discussion around the development of Rocky Linux and Release Engineering. --- ## [Apollo, Errata, & You: a CIQ OSPO request for comment](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/apollo-errata-you-a-ciq-ospo-request-for-comment/18102)
**Author:** [@leigh](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/leigh)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/apollo-errata-you-a-ciq-ospo-request-for-comment/18102 "2025-12-05T22:52:53Z")
There have been a number of documented issues with the Rocky Linux errata. Many of the issues with Rocky errata stem from the current state of the Apollo system which handles pulling in Red Hat errata information and the… --- ## [Minicom version in Rocky 9 - can we go from 2.7 to the current version (2.8 or above?)](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/minicom-version-in-rocky-9-can-we-go-from-2-7-to-the-current-version-2-8-or-above/19821)
**Author:** [@twillkickers](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/twillkickers)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/minicom-version-in-rocky-9-can-we-go-from-2-7-to-the-current-version-2-8-or-above/19821 "2025-11-04T12:29:46Z")
I am new to Rocky Linux and am using it in industrial automation server applications. The latest version of minicom on Rocky 9 is 2.7. In 2.8 options for using minicom with RS-485 was added - would we be able to see this… --- ## [Rocky 9 | Only latest kernel in AppStream](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-only-latest-kernel-in-appstream/19420)
**Author:** [@yratner](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/yratner)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-9-only-latest-kernel-in-appstream/19420 "2025-08-17T12:51:57Z")
Hey folks, new forum user here with some questions. I have a system that compiles a .ko for every kernel-devel package I can get my hands on, when rocky 9.6 came out I noticed that some kernel-devel packages were moved … --- ## [Vagrant arm64 image manifests are not specified as arm64 (VMWare and VirtualBox confirmed)](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/vagrant-arm64-image-manifests-are-not-specified-as-arm64-vmware-and-virtualbox-confirmed/18483)
**Author:** [@Basix](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Basix)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/vagrant-arm64-image-manifests-are-not-specified-as-arm64-vmware-and-virtualbox-confirmed/18483 "2025-05-18T22:30:42Z")
Hello, I’m writing this hoping it would be a quicker way to contact Release Engineering. I encountered a error message while trying to use Rocky Linux on Vagrant with VMWare desktop. An error occurred causing VMwar… --- ## [No kernel update available for cloud optimized rocky8](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/no-kernel-update-available-for-cloud-optimized-rocky8/15050)
**Author:** [@Jatin\_firme](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Jatin_firme)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/no-kernel-update-available-for-cloud-optimized-rocky8/15050 "2024-07-13T16:11:12Z")
I am using GCP instance that utilizes Rocky Linux 8.10 (Green Obsidian), with the kernel 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8\_9.cloud.0.4.x86\_64. Since a few months, I have not received any updates for this kernel. This kernel is now s…