On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 4:07 AM Petr Pisar <ppi...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 11:15:14PM -0400, Christopher wrote: > > I was recently asked to provide an EPEL8 version of one of my packages > > (python-keyring) in a bugzilla, so I did: > > fedpkg request-branch epel8 > > > > This opened up two pagure tickets, one each for two branches: > > epel8 > > epel8-playground > > > > After the branches were created, an extra commit was added to the > > epel8 branch to create a package.cfg file (with a log message that had > > extra double-quotes around it, for some reason). > > > > I have several questions: > > > > 1. Why did my request for a single branch automatically result in two > > separate tickets for two separate branches? > > 2. What is this '-playground' branch for? > > 3. Why was an extra commit added to the empty branch that was requested? > > 4. What is a package.cfg file? Do I need it? > > 5. (unimportant, but curious) How did the extra quotes get in the > > commit message that added the package.cfg file? > > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/epel-annou...@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/KXMMLYSAXAVHDKFFBVEFYYZHPJBWXOQQ/
Thanks, but I'm still confused on a few points. 1. Do I need epel8-playground? I want to keep the task of maintenance simple, and I don't want to deal with another branch to think about. I don't want choices, as that adds complexity. I want one simple path, because packaging is *not* my full time job. 2. Can I remove the 'package.cfg' file? Is it needed? Will everything work with epel8-testing and going to epel8-stable if this file is removed? I'd really like to maintain a single git history, rather than two, and the presence of this file seems to interfere with that. (Alternatively, if the package.cfg file contained some conditional directive, like 'if-branch = epel8', which probably should have been the design, in order to support single git history packages like me, then I wouldn't mind the file being present in the master/rawhide branch, but it doesn't.) _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
