On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 09:58, Ken Dreyer <ktdreyer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 6:50 AM Petr Pisar <ppisar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 11:00:42PM -0500, Carl George wrote:
> To solve this problem, I am proposing that we create a new repository called
> EPEL 8 Next.
>
> - built against CentOS 8 Stream
> - opt-in for packagers (must request epel8-next dist-git branch)
> - opt-in for users (part of epel-release but disabled by default)
> - used *with* epel8, not *instead of*
>
I agree with all of that. I only don't like the name. Why EPEL 8 Next? If it
is to be use with Stream, why don't we call it EPEL 8 Stream? I think the
meaning of the repository would be easier to understand.I was thinking the same thing. EPEL stream is so much easier for users to understand.
I can see two big reasons for not using Stream in the name as the starting point of a proposal:
1. There is always a complaint that Red Hat related projects jump onto a single name to the point of overuse. Atomic, -Shift, -Stack, and a couple others have been ones in just recent memory. Participants in the various communities feel usually railroaded to use a brand even if they don't think it wise.
2.EPEL has a hard enough time getting Fedora contributions with various community members seeing it as a useless diversion. Putting Stream in the title will just add to the 'why isn't EPEL just in CentOS already so I don't have to look at those ugly named branches in MY package'.
Stephen J Smoogen.
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