Hi all! Building you Fedora packages for EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux -- http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL ) is possible for some months now. But it seem lots of Fedora contributors wait for a kind of start signal to begin. *This mail is this start signal*, as we have all the important pieces in place now! So go and build your Fedora packages for EPEL if you want, to have your packages easily available for RHEL and compatible derivates such as CentOS or Scientific Linux in the future as well! Don't know what EPEL is? Want to know what is special or different from contributing to EPEL? Then read on! What is EPEL about? EPEL is a kind of Fedora Extras for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Versions 4 and 5 only atm) and compatible derivates such as CentOS or Scientific Linux. The repo is available already at http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/ -- but please note that the repo it's not yet ready for general public consumption. We'd like to fill the repo a bit more (hence this mail) before we announce EPEL for general use; there are also some small details that need to be sorted out before we can announce EPEL for real. Why is the Fedora project running EPEL? Simple: RHEL is derivated from Fedora, but doesn't ship everything that is part of Fedora Core or Extras -- but some people (both contributors and users) would like to easily use those packages on RHEL-based distributions as well, as they are familiar with them from Fedora already. EPEL wants to fill that gap and provide those Fedora packages that are not part of RHEL and derivates. Doing so should be easy: the Fedora project has all the spec files for those packages missing in RHEL already. And even better: as RHEL and its derivates are quite similar to specific Fedora releases building a package for EPEL is often as simple as rebuilding the Fedora SRPM on RHEL. For example many of the Fedora Core 6 SRPM build fine on RHEL5; many of the Fedora Core 3 SRPMS build fine on RHEL4 (note: this of course only as long as all BuildRequires are are available already). What do I have to to do to request a EPEL branch? You can use the normal bugzilla procedure to request a EPEL-branch (they are named EL-4 and EL-5). We offer a shortcut if you want to get lots of packages branched: * if you want EPEL branches for all your packages simply send a string "foo@xxxxxxx EL-5" or "foo@xxxxxxx EL-4" to dennis@xxxxxxxx; Dennis Gilmore then will branch all packages that are owned by foo@xxxxxxx for the the requested EPEL branches * if you want EPEL branches for lots of packages simply send strings like "foo@xxxxxxx EL-5 pgk1 pgk2 pgk3" to dennis@xxxxxxxx; Dennis Gilmore then will branch pgk1 pgk2 and pgk3 for EPEL and assign foo@xxxxxxx as EPEL-owner Please be patient after sending those mails; it might take some days until Dennis gets all the requests fulfillt. I don't have a RHEL subscription -- how can I test my package? Use CentOS for build- and runtime checks. The mock package found in Fedora actually ships proper mock config files for EPEL4 that you can simply use for buildtime testing with a command such as "mock -r fedora-4-i386-epel.cfg foo.src.rpm". The config files for EPEL5 are not yet part of mock; you can find them attached. Is EPEL a rolling release like Fedora Extras was? No, the plan is to have a update strategy similar to the one from RHEL. E.g. ship software once and only update it to later versions if there is a strong need -- so no "hey, there is a new version, it builds, let's ship it" mentality in EPEL please. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies for more details. Can packages from EPEL replace packages for RHEL? No, EPEL packages are not allowed to replace or disturb packages from RHEL. Not all the build- and runtime-dependencies I need are available in EPEL. How do I get them? Please read http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/ContributorStatus -- and please flip the EPEL bit behind your name so other EPEL contributors know if you are committed to EPEL or not. What does EPEL differentiate from existing repos for RHEL? We respect other repos (and their maintainers) and expect to target a different user base with our quite careful, RHEL-like update strategy. Some more questions and answers can be found on: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ It's likely that this document and the FAQ won't answer all question, but it should be a start and we'll improve the document as questions arise. Just ask here on the list, on epel-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx or in #epel on Freenode. CU knurd
#!/usr/bin/python -tt import os config_opts['root'] = 'epel-5-i386' config_opts['target_arch'] = 'i386' config_opts['yum.conf'] = """ [main] cachdir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=1 logfile=/var/log/yum.log reposdir=/dev/null retries=20 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=0 assumeyes=1 # repos [core] name=base mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=os [update] name=updates mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=updates [groups] name=groups baseurl=http://buildsys.fedoraproject.org/buildgroups/rhel5/i386/ [extras] name=epel mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=i386 [local] name=local baseurl=http://buildsys.fedoraproject.org/plague-results/fedora-5-epel/ """
#!/usr/bin/python -tt import os config_opts['root'] = 'epel-5-ppc' config_opts['target_arch'] = 'ppc' config_opts['yum.conf'] = """ [main] cachdir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=1 logfile=/var/log/yum.log reposdir=/dev/null retries=20 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=0 assumeyes=1 # repos [core] name=base mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=ppc&repo=os [update] name=updates mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=ppc&repo=updates [groups] name=groups baseurl=http://buildsys.fedoraproject.org/buildgroups/rhel5/ppc/ [extras] name=epel mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=ppc [local] name=local baseurl=http://buildsys.fedoraproject.org/plague-results/fedora-5-epel/ """
#!/usr/bin/python -tt import os config_opts['root'] = 'epel-5-x86_64' config_opts['target_arch'] = 'x86_64' config_opts['yum.conf'] = """ [main] cachdir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=1 logfile=/var/log/yum.log reposdir=/dev/null retries=20 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=0 assumeyes=1 # repos [core] name=base mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=x86_64&repo=os [update] name=updates mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=x86_64&repo=updates [groups] name=groups baseurl=http://buildsys.fedoraproject.org/buildgroups/rhel5/x86_64/ [extras] name=epel mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=epel-5&arch=x86_64 [local] name=local baseurl=http://buildsys.fedoraproject.org/plague-results/fedora-5-epel/ """
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