Drop support for centos 7
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Current evaluation
Closed and accepted to track dropping CentOS 7 support in Charmcraft 4 due to its EOL status. The change is scheduled for the upcoming major release.
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Issue body
### What needs to get done
Centos 7 is EOL, so we'll drop it in Charmcraft 4
### Why it needs to get done
Supporting EOL bases is fraught with issues.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed and accepted to track dropping CentOS 7 support in Charmcraft 4 due to its EOL status. The change is scheduled for the upcoming major release. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed. CentOS 7 support will be removed in Charmcraft 4 due to end-of-life status, tracked via internal Jira ticket CHARMCRAFT-622. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The request to drop CentOS 7 support in Charmcraft 4 was closed, confirming the decision to remove the EOL distribution due to maintenance challenges. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as CentOS 7 reached end-of-life. Support removal is scheduled for Charmcraft 4. The issue was superseded by internal Jira tracking and release planning. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | CentOS 7 support was dropped in Charmcraft 4 due to end-of-life status. The tracking ticket closed as the change was implemented and released. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | CentOS 7 support was dropped in Charmcraft 4 following its end-of-life status. The issue was closed to track this planned deprecation and reduce maintenance overhead for unsupported bases. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #625 Drop Centos 7 support | craft-providers | open | Request to drop CentOS 7 support in craft-providers, referencing charmcraft#1826 which is closed and indicates CentOS 7 removal was completed in Charmcraft 4. | |
| #1827 chore!(centos): remove CentOS 7 support | charmcraft | closed | Removed CentOS 7 support from Charmcraft 4.0+. The change was closed without merging due to failing CI checks and lack of review, indicating it was abandoned. | |
| #2386 feat!: remove CentOS 7 support | charmcraft | merged | Merged removal of CentOS 7 support from Charmcraft 4. Drops 214 lines across 12 files. CentOS 7 charms remain buildable via Charmcraft 3. Approved by two reviewers and passed CI despite known unrelated test failures. |