update ISOREADME

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ that match the given ISO. You will see the following formats:
* Rocky-X.Y-ARCH-TYPE (ISO File) * Rocky-X.Y-ARCH-TYPE (ISO File)
* Rocky-X.Y-DATE-ARCH-TYPE (ISO File) * Rocky-X.Y-DATE-ARCH-TYPE (ISO File)
* Rocky-X-latest-ARCH-TYPE (Symlink)
* Rocky-ARCH-TYPE (Symlink) * Rocky-ARCH-TYPE (Symlink)
X will be the major release. X will be the major release.
@ -18,19 +19,15 @@ The second format is in the case of rebuilt ISO's, in the case of addressing
a bug or providing an updated image (eg for a newer kernel, a newer secure a bug or providing an updated image (eg for a newer kernel, a newer secure
boot shim, and so on). boot shim, and so on).
The third format in the list is a symlink to the "latest" ISO. Currently, this The third format is also in the case of a rebuilt ISO. This will always point
is not advertised on the main site, but there may be potential for this in to the absolute latest ISO of its type. This is used for osinfo and may be
the future as a value add. used on our main website. This serves as a predictable method to download
the latest ISO whether from curl/wget or using libvirt that relies on osinfo
to provide the download URL.
This is "unversioned" ISO symlink is for these cases: The fourth format in the list is a symlink to the "latest" ISO. This was
originally used as part of osinfo and has been carried over for backwards
* A pre-determined download location for users/mirrors/service providers who compatibility reasons.
want an always available and deterministic download location, which can be
easier to script
* osinfo database / libvirt use where if a user selects Rocky Linux X, it
should be aware of and be able to download from that location. This should
be fully supported in Rocky Linux 8.7 and 9.1, and future Fedora versions.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us: If you have any questions, please reach out to us: