This looks great so far to me. Should we also encourage/require modifying the release to have a leading `0.` so that it will upgrade cleanly when/if RHEL adds the relevant subpackage? On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 5:30 PM Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 03:05:50PM -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 cannot be named <package> (ie, the same name as the rhel source > package name). > > > -- 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. > > -- keep it in sync with the RHEL version, upgrade when they do. > > > > > 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. > > Looks great to me aside the nitpicks above. > > kevin > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Carl George _______________________________________________ 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