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@Alex-AZPS Alex-AZPS commented Jun 2, 2026

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N/A — documentation only (top-level README.md), not tied to any az command.

Description

This PR removes a few pieces of outdated information from the top-level README.md:

  • Remove the deprecated Slack badgeazurecli.slack.com is no longer an actively maintained / officially supported community channel.
  • Drop the dated next generation wording — the Python az CLI has been the standard Azure CLI for years; cross-platform describes it accurately without the legacy framing.
  • Remove the Ubuntu Bionic (18.04) edge-build row — Ubuntu 18.04 reached end of standard support in April 2023.
  • Drop or CentOS Stream 8 from the RPM edge-build instructions — CentOS Stream 8 reached EOL on 2024-05-31. RHEL 8 remains supported (the official install docs still ship the el8 RPM), so it is kept.

No functional changes — documentation only (1 file changed, +2 -4).

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N/A — README-only change, no commands affected.

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N/A — not customer-facing (documentation cleanup). Component is tagged with braces in the title to skip history-note generation.


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- Remove deprecated Slack badge (azurecli.slack.com is no longer an actively maintained channel)
- Drop dated 'next generation' wording; az has been the standard Azure CLI for years
- Remove Ubuntu Bionic (18.04) edge build row; 18.04 reached end of standard support in April 2023
- Drop 'or CentOS Stream 8' from the RPM instructions; CentOS Stream 8 reached EOL on 2024-05-31 (RHEL 8 remains supported)
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Pull request overview

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Updates the project README to reflect current Azure CLI positioning and supported installation targets by removing outdated references.

Changes:

  • Remove Slack badge/link from the README header
  • Update Azure CLI tagline wording (“next generation multi-platform” → “cross-platform”)
  • Drop Ubuntu Bionic edge installer reference and narrow RHEL/CentOS wording to RHEL 8

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[![Python](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/azure-cli.svg?maxAge=2592000)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/azure-cli)
[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/azure-sdk/public/_apis/build/status/cli/Azure.azure-cli?branchName=dev)](https://dev.azure.com/azure-sdk/public/_build/latest?definitionId=246&branchName=dev)
[![Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/Slack-azurecli.slack.com-blue.svg)](https://azurecli.slack.com)

A great cloud needs great tools; we're excited to introduce *Azure CLI*, our next generation multi-platform command line experience for Azure.
A great cloud needs great tools; we're excited to introduce *Azure CLI*, our cross-platform command line experience for Azure.
@Alex-AZPS Alex-AZPS changed the title docs: remove outdated info from README {Docs} remove outdated info from README Jun 2, 2026
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yonzhan commented Jun 2, 2026

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