On the Rocky Linux download pages, the Minimal, DVD, and Boot links for each release points to Rocky-ARCH-TYPE.iso in the respective major version directory on our tier 0 mirror. This is a symlink and not the actual ISO. This is causing confusion for some users (and some on the Release Engineering team) on what the version actually is, as this symlink does not make it clear what it is.
This symlink is meant for osinfo data to make it easier for users to open KVM, choose Rocky Linux, and download a specific ISO easily without going through our site if needed. It also helps identify ISO's within the osinfo database. It also serves as a way to allow folks to easily script out what they're looking for.
The links to the ISO's should be pointing to the actual ISO's themselves. This means ISO's that have the format of:
Rocky-X.Y-ARCH-type.iso -- example Rocky-9.2-x86_64-dvd.iso
Alternatively, Rocky-X-latest-ARCH-TYPE.iso could also work, but note that this is also a symlink and not the actual ISO. The preference is the full versioned traditional ISO name above.
Screenshots
What version of Rocky Linux am I downloading here? It's not clear to me after I've downloaded it and I'm looking at later.
Files
N/A
To Reproduce
Just go to the download page and be confused on what version of the ISO you've downloaded.
Description
On the Rocky Linux download pages, the Minimal, DVD, and Boot links for each release points to
Rocky-ARCH-TYPE.isoin the respective major version directory on our tier 0 mirror. This is a symlink and not the actual ISO. This is causing confusion for some users (and some on the Release Engineering team) on what the version actually is, as this symlink does not make it clear what it is.This symlink is meant for osinfo data to make it easier for users to open KVM, choose Rocky Linux, and download a specific ISO easily without going through our site if needed. It also helps identify ISO's within the osinfo database. It also serves as a way to allow folks to easily script out what they're looking for.
The links to the ISO's should be pointing to the actual ISO's themselves. This means ISO's that have the format of:
Rocky-X.Y-ARCH-type.iso-- exampleRocky-9.2-x86_64-dvd.isoAlternatively,
Rocky-X-latest-ARCH-TYPE.isocould also work, but note that this is also a symlink and not the actual ISO. The preference is the full versioned traditional ISO name above.Screenshots
What version of Rocky Linux am I downloading here? It's not clear to me after I've downloaded it and I'm looking at later.
Files
N/A
To Reproduce
Just go to the download page and be confused on what version of the ISO you've downloaded.