On Tuesday, 19 November 2024 at 00:26, Brian Stinson wrote: > Hey Folks, > > I have a goal to get Kepler What is "Kepler"? > installable from EPEL but I’m wondering about some guidelines here. > Upstream is only producing a container, and their RPMs simply install > a systemd unit that pulls their container from quay.io > <http://quay.io/> The proper way would be to build the binaries in their container image from upstream sources and package that instead. You can then run it using e.g. systemd-nspawn, for example. Why does it have to run in a container, by the way? > There are a few other services that we may want to consider shipping > this way in the future, do we need any special consideration for > things like this? I think the following guideline applies here: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/what-can-be-packaged/#_packages_which_are_not_useful_without_external_code I'd advise against packaging such a systemd unit. Regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://fedoraproject.org Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. -- from "The Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan -- _______________________________________________ packaging mailing list -- packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to packaging-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/packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
