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ASF GitHub Bot commented on KAFKA-8259:
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dignan commented on pull request #6611: KAFKA-8259: Build an RPM for easier
installation
URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/6611
This adds support for building an RPM to Kafka. RPMs are a standard
installation method for a lot of open source software. This also provides a
handy parameter for CI systems to override `rpmRelease` which is the build
version. It will also automatically track the project version.
I have built the RPM with this and installed it for a working system.
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> Build RPM for Kafka
> -------------------
>
> Key: KAFKA-8259
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-8259
> Project: Kafka
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: build
> Reporter: Patrick Dignan
> Priority: Minor
>
> RPM packaging eases the installation and deployment of Kafka to make it much
> more standard.
> I noticed in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1324 [~jkreps]
> closed the issue because other sources provide packaging. I think it's
> worthwhile for the standard, open source project to provide this as a base to
> reduce redundant work and provide this functionality for users. Other
> similar open source software like Elasticsearch create an RPM
> [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/0ad3d90a36529bf369813ea6253f305e11aff2e9/distribution/packages/build.gradle].
> This also makes forking internally more maintainable by reducing the amount
> of work to be done for each version upgrade.
> I have a patch to add this functionality that I will clean up and PR on
> Github.
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