<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 at 09:25, Pat Riehecky <<a href="mailto:riehecky@fnal.gov">riehecky@fnal.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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On 7/10/19 4:09 PM, Thomas Oulevey wrote:<br>
> Hi Stephen,<br>
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> Thanks for your questions.<br>
><br>
> Inline my feedback.<br>
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> On 10.07.19 22:57, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> 1. What are the policies that EPEL would need to change?<br>
><br>
> EPEL is shipping only latest build in their repo. We can't build <br>
> against older packages. Another issue is that koji doesn't allow that <br>
> either. The intermediate repo metadata only contains latest builds and <br>
> it is not configurable as far as I remember.<br>
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>> 2. What are the parts of EPEL that are a moving target compared to <br>
>> the continuous release method of CentOS?<br>
><br>
> We can build packages and stick to them for a whole lifecycle of a SIG <br>
> project release for both "Requires:" and "Buildrequires:".<br>
><br>
> I am sure there are other concerns that can be discussed by the pkgs <br>
> maintainers.<br>
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Would it be possible to permit some SIGs to opt into EPEL if they desire?<br>
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Or to put another way:<br>
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The EPEL project has a Special Interest in EL packages. While this <br>
isn't a CentOS SIG, it is a Group. Existing CentOS SIGs are able to opt <br>
into depending on CentOS SIGs. Would permitting SIGs to opt into <br>
depending on EPEL be much different?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It might require us to be a CentOS SIG also (which I don't currently see a problem with) and also have a way to make those packages available to the koji in way which doesn't break builders. [AKA some sort of local mirror which allows for keeping old copies of rpms.]</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Pat<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Stephen J Smoogen.<br><br></div></div></div>