On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 1:20 AM Petr Pisar <[email protected]> wrote: > V Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 06:33:51PM -0700, Michel Alexandre Salim napsal(a): > > 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. > > > The algorithm for filing bugs is complicated because there are Fedora > maintainers who do not want to deal with EPEL. If I were one of them I > would > feel offended that I'm getting requests for EPEL 8 if there is already > EPEL 7 > maintainer. > > I want to say you should bite the bullet and implement it in the > complicated > way. > > -- Petr >
I second what Petr said. Do the check to see if it's in 'Fedora EPEL' and proceed appropriately. I think it would also be good to change the wording a bit depending on if it's already in EPEL or not. Troy
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