On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 03:05:50PM -0700, Troy Dawson wrote: > I believe this is a recommendation, versus a policy. > I wanted to get people's thoughts on it, and if ya'll like it, put it in > the documentation. > ---- > In Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, Red Hat decided to not ship all > packages that are built from RHEL spec files. This will also be true of > RHEL 9, and possibly future RHEL releases. These missing packages are > usually -devel packages and may impact an EPEL package build. > If your EPEL package is impacted by a missing -devel package, do the > following. > > 1 - Request the package be added to RHEL 8 and 9 CRB repository. > -- To initiate this process, please file a bug in > https://bugzilla.redhat.com and request it be added to RHEL 8 and 9. Report > the bug against the "CentOS Stream" version of the "Red Hat Enterprise > Linux 8" and/or "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9" product. > -- Be sure to say that it is impacting an EPEL build, and which package it > is impacting. > > 2 - Create an epel package that only has the missing packages. > -- Be prepared to maintain this package as long as it is needed. > -- It is recommended that you name it <package>-epel
--- It cannot be named <package> (ie, the same name as the rhel source package name). > -- It is recommended that you add the epel-packaging-sig group as a > co-maintainer > -- It qualifies for an exception to the review process[1] so you can > request the repo with > --- fedpkg request-repo --exception <package>-epel > -- If you need help building this, ask for help. We have some examples. -- keep it in sync with the RHEL version, upgrade when they do. > > 3 - When/If the missing package(s) are added to RHEL CRB, retire your -epel > package. > > --- > Sorry, this is a little rushed. I wanted to get something out sooner, > rather than later. Looks great to me aside the nitpicks above. kevin
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