Hi, I'm working on a tool to make it easier to create EPEL branch requests in the case where there are transitive dependencies that also need to be branched.
I'm basing it on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_a_Fedora_package_in_EPEL which provides some guidelines and some templates; however, it is a bit vague on some aspects, namely: which product and component should the bug be filed against? I've been using Fedora/rawhide (with the FutureFeature keyword) if the package has never been branched for EPEL before, and 'Fedora EPEL' / epelX (where X is the branch requested) if it has, however, I can't find a written document where this is recommended, though I thought I've read it somewhere in the past. If I can simply use Fedora/rawhide, this would simplify the tool a lot: - we can almost always assume there is a {'product: 'Fedora', 'component': srpm} with some rare exceptions e.g. the srpm is in base CentOS but has missing subpackages (see recent discussion on the topic) - if the package is branched for EPEL at some point, we can file the request against {'product': 'Fedora EPEL', 'component': srpm}. But what version to file against? - bpython: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1782782 phoronix-test-suite: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1976280 these are the ideal cases; the request is for an 'epel8' branch and 'epel7' and 'epel8' are listed as available versions, so the request was filed against 'epel8' - nextcloud-client: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1972910 this is a request for 'epel8-next', but that is not available as a product The tool will thus need to query Bugzilla to locate the component on either Fedora EPEL or Fedora, and then figure out what versions are listed; from my initial experimentation with python-bugzilla: https://github.com/python-bugzilla/python-bugzilla this does not seem trivial. If filing against Fedora/rawhide is fine, I can edit the wiki to match. It should probably also mention that the EPEL Packagers SIG group can be added as a co-maintainer, but I'll experiment with the wording first when testing the tool. Thanks, -- Michel Alexandre Salim profile: https://keyoxide.org/[email protected]
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