Hi, Sorry, this may be a little Off-topic but we notice that lame package from RHEL 8 (1) is not shipping lame package with binaries and in this case lame-devel is provided along with lame-libs , can we apply the same rules ? is completely a different situation ? (1) https://git.centos.org/rpms/lame/blob/c8/f/SPECS/lame.spec On Thu, 2021-07-01 at 15:05 -0700, Troy Dawson wrote: > I believe this is a recommendation, versus a policy. > I wanted to get people's thoughts on it, and if ya'll like it, put it > in the documentation. > ---- > In Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, Red Hat decided to not ship all > packages that are built from RHEL spec files. This will also be true > of RHEL 9, and possibly future RHEL releases. These missing packages > are usually -devel packages and may impact an EPEL package build. > If your EPEL package is impacted by a missing -devel package, do the > following. > > 1 - Request the package be added to RHEL 8 and 9 CRB repository. > -- To initiate this process, please file a bug in > https://bugzilla.redhat.com and request it be added to RHEL 8 and 9. > Report the bug against the "CentOS Stream" version of the "Red Hat > Enterprise Linux 8" and/or "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9" product. > -- Be sure to say that it is impacting an EPEL build, and which package > it is impacting. > > 2 - Create an epel package that only has the missing packages. > -- Be prepared to maintain this package as long as it is needed. > -- It is recommended that you name it <package>-epel > -- It is recommended that you add the epel-packaging-sig group as a co- > maintainer > -- It qualifies for an exception to the review process[1] so you can > request the repo with > --- fedpkg request-repo --exception <package>-epel > -- If you need help building this, ask for help. We have some > examples. > > 3 - When/If the missing package(s) are added to RHEL CRB, retire your - > epel package. > > --- > Sorry, this is a little rushed. I wanted to get something out sooner, > rather than later. > > Troy > > [1] - > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ReviewGuidelines/#_package_review_process > - Third bullet point -- Sérgio M. B. _______________________________________________ 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 Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
