https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1667725 --- Comment #7 from Denis Arnaud <denis.arnaud_fedora@xxxxxxx> --- Dear Jason, Boost is particular, as it is a core package in RedHat (RHEL). As seen on the Fedora source code for Boost (https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/boost/commits/master), there is therefore no branch for EPEL. The current version of Boost for RHEL is 1.53, and supports only Python 2. And Fedora packagers have no control on that Boost package for RHEL. So, the idea is to bring more recent versions of Boost to RHEL/EPEL, IN PARALLEL to the currently RedHat-supported version of Boost. The "mainstream" Boost package is named "boost", and the additional parallel versions are named "boost1NN" (e.g., boost148 on EPEL 6, boost159 on EPEL 7), much like you can install "python34" in addition/parallel to python/python2 on EPEL 7. So, the naming without dot (boost169) is consistent with other such packages (e.g., python34). And, yes, we need a review request, as those specific Boost packages have to be added to the Fedora source code (such as https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/boost141/commits/master and https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/boost148/commits/master for instance). References for other such review requests in the past are: * Review request for Boost-1.59 on EPEL 7: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391444 * Review request for Boost-1.57 on EPEL 6 and 7: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210993 * Review request for Boost-1.48 on EPEL 5 and 6: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=921134 * Review request for Boost-1.41 on EPEL 5: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673839 The particularity with Boost-1.69 on EPEL is that it allows the packages depending on it to support Python 3. Indeed, currently in EPEL, if you have a package depending on Boost (there a few hundreds of such packages today), you cannot support Python 3, as only Python 2 is supported by the current version of Boost (1.53) on RHEL/EPEL. Hence, that Boost 1.69 package brings Python 3 support to packages depending on Boost in RHEL/EPEL. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. You are always notified about changes to this product and component _______________________________________________ package-review mailing list -- package-review@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to package-review-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-review@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
