Re: proposal: EPEL 8 Next

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On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 11:08:27AM -0500, Carl George wrote:
> Thanks for looking over the plan Kevin.
> 
> 1. I wasn't planning any changes for bugzilla.  I think it's appropriate for
> the bug reports to be filed against the epel8 component.  Typically there
> should be an epel8 branch already when an epel8-next branch is requested.  The
> only exception I can imagine is if a package has a dependency on a package that
> is in CentOS Stream but isn't in a RHEL GA release yet.  Even then, it would
> only be a temporary situation, because within six months that package would
> make it into RHEL and then the package should be built in epel8, not
> epel8-next.  Do you think it would be worthwhile for fedscm-admin to enforce a
> requirement of an epel8 branch before allowing the creation of an epel8-next
> branch?

I think if it's easy/possible to make it reject epel8-next and
epel8-playground branches when a package doesn't have a epel8 branch that
would be nice. I am not sure this is required however, as you note it
should be a pretty rare case... 

> 
> 2. I'm perfectly fine waiting until after F33 is done.  That makes lots of
> sense.

Cool. Thanks

kevin
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> 
> On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 12:07 PM Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 11:12:28PM -0500, Carl George wrote:
> > > Here is my rough outline of the steps required to implement this proposal.
> > > I imagine things would happen roughly in this order, but some things could
> > > probably take place in parallel.
> > >
> > > 1. EPEL Steering Committee approves the proposal
> > > 2. koji changes:
> > >     - create CentOS Stream 8 external repo
> > >     - create epel8-next build target (inheriting from epel8)
> > >     - dist macro override for that target
> > > 3. create PDC entries
> > > 4. update fedscm-admin with branch SLAs
> > > 5. configure dist-git to allow branch name
> > > 6. update pungi config
> > > 7. add epel-next-repo subpackage to epel-release
> > > 8. add epel8-next release in bodhi
> > > 9. document in the wiki
> > > 10. announcement email
> > >
> > > Please let me know if I'm missing anything.
> >
> > Looks pretty good to me, but two things:
> >
> > 1. I assume (but good to ask) that we are not going to change anything
> > in bugzilla? ie, bug reports should just go against the epel component?
> > Of course now that playground is 'seperate' and next will also be, would
> > we ever have cases where we have a component without epel branch, but
> > with playground and/or next? And what would we do for bugs there?
> >
> > 2. We are heading into final freeze for Fedora 33 next tuesday, so not
> > sure how much will get done until f33 is out the door. Is it ok to do
> > this after? Some of it could be done with freeze breaks and such, but
> > might be easier just to do it all at once after f33 freeze is over?
> >
> > Thanks much for putting this together!
> >
> > kevin
> > --
> >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 8:43 PM Carl George <carl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I agree, using .el8.next for the dist macro makes the most sense.  This will
> > > > enable maintainers to use a similar workflow to Fedora branches, where older
> > > > branches can be fast forwarded, and the same commit can be built for
> > > > different targets but still have different NVRs in Koji.  Here is an example
> > > > workflow for a fictional foo package that already exists in Fedora.
> > > >
> > > > - request epel8 branch
> > > > - merge master branch to epel8 branch
> > > > - build epel8 branch, resulting in foo-1-1.el8
> > > > - realize it won't install on CentOS Stream due to a library difference
> > > > - request epel8-next branch
> > > > - merge epel8 branch to epel8-next branch
> > > > - build epel8-next branch, resulting in foo-1-1.el8.next
> > > >
> > > > After the next RHEL 8 minor release (when that library difference affects
> > > > everyone), the maintainer can increment the release on the epel8 branch and
> > > > proceed as usual.
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 1:31 PM Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 09:54:00PM -0500, Carl George wrote:
> > > > > > At the EPEL Steering Committee last week, we had an extensive discussion of
> > > > > > this proposal, specifically focused on how to handle the dist macro.  I
> > > > > > believe these are the possible choices.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * keep dist the same as epel8 (.el8)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > RHEL, CentOS Linux, CentOS Stream, and EPEL are all currently using .el8 for
> > > > > > dist.  It would make sense to continue using the same dist for EPEL Next.
> > > > > > However, this would put a little more work on packagers.  They would not be
> > > > > > able to build the same commit for both EPEL and EPEL Next because the NVR
> > > > > > will conflict in Koji.  In simple rebuild situations, this is not a problem
> > > > > > because at a minimum the release will be higher.  But if a packager wanted
> > > > > > to update the package in both EPEL and EPEL Next, they will need to first
> > > > > > update and build it in EPEL, then bump the release and build it in EPEL
> > > > > > Next.  This isn't ideal, but isn't terrible either, and can be partially
> > > > > > mitigated by good documentation around EPEL Next workflows.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * modify dist to always be higher than epel8 (.el8.next or similar)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In EPEL Next we could define dist to a string that RPM evaluates higher than
> > > > > > .el8, such as .el8.next.  This would allow EPEL and EPEL Next branches to be
> > > > > > in sync and the same commit could be built for both targets.  The higher
> > > > > > dist would ensure the upgrade path works.
> > > > >
> > > > > I think this makes the most sense and will help packages workflows the
> > > > > best.
> > > > >
> > > > > kevin
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> > > >
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> > > > Carl George
> > >
> > >
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