Hello... On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 21:16 -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote: > On Fri, September 18, 2009 2:10 pm, Christopher wrote: > > Hello... > > > > I've been using a few minor packages from EPEL (like clamav) for a > > while. Now I am about to start using a package that we rely heavily on > > (Sun gridengine) so I would like to help maintain the EPEL gridengine > > package to keep it current. > > I'm the current gridengine maintainer. The problem I face with gridengine > is that updates (at least for the qmaster) are not "automatic". Generally > you want to shut down the server, back up the database, install the > update, run an update script that may or may not work, and then start it > up. This generally doesn't lend itself well to RPM updates. > > The way I've been handling gridengine in Fedora is to put the most recent > version into each new Fedora release, figuring people are prepared for > changes going from one release to another. >
makes sense. > It might make sense to sync similarly with EL point releases (5.3 -> 5.4), > but it doesn't seem like EPEL has anyway to do this. A big failing I > think at the moment. > > I have no idea if anyone is actually using the gridengine packages in > fedora. I have to admit that I personally build the current src.rpm for > all of the OS versions (CentOS 5.3, Fedora 10 and 11) that we have and > manage the update manually. > > Help and suggestions welcome. > Cool. We will probably start using 6.2u3 from your gridengine/devel cvs area. I'll send some patches I have for that area dealing with the init scripts. > - Orion > -- Christopher McCrory "The guy that keeps the servers running" [email protected] http://www.pricegrabber.com Let's face it, there's no Hollow Earth, no robots, and no 'mute rays.' And even if there were, waxed paper is no defense. I tried it. Only tinfoil works. _______________________________________________ epel-devel-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/epel-devel-list
