On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 1:44 PM Mike DePaulo <mikedep333@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 5:05 AM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 12. 11. 19 7:52, Mike DePaulo wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > Background: > > > The Pulp 3 upstream project is written in Python 3. > > > Our installer normally uses PyPI for pure python packages, and OS > > > packages for C libraries & their python bindings. > > > > > > Problem: > > > With RHEL7/CentOS7, we often run into the following thorny situation: > > > - Package libjuicy, written in C, exists in EL7 (main, optional, or extras). > > > - Subpackage python2-libjuicy with python2 bindings exists in EL7. > > > - Subpackage python3-libjuicy does not exist at all for EL7. > > > > > > Note: libjuicy is a made up name :) > > > > If you post the actual libraries, I would bring that up with my team (Python > > Maint @ Red Hat). > > I'm mostly certain this is only this one we strictly "need" right now: > libcomps > > We might need this in the future: > dnf > > This would be helpful, but the current EL7 version is too old for > Pulp's needs (and we currently have a workaround: a C-compiling > package on PyPI [1] [2]): > createrepo_c > There are already bugs requesting these things: * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1672102 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1719977 They were closed as WONTFIX, but feel free to reopen with your own justification to add to them to get that changed. -- 真実はいつも一つ!/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ epel-devel mailing list -- epel-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to epel-devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/epel-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx