devel January 2014

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anaconda dependency calculation?
by Nicholas Byrne 04 Aug '25

04 Aug '25

Hi all, I'm trying to find a tool that calculates all dependencies for a specific package or group of packages for use with CentOS 5 (beta) with the intention of putting together a custom single CD build of CentOS 5. With CentOS 4 i used a python script that used the hdrlist module to find all dependencies which borrowed code from a number of sources. I've looked at yumdownloader and how it checks dependencies (using the --resolve option) but if i pass it the list of packages defined in say the Base and the Core yum groups which generally form an absolute minimal install i end up with about 200 packages. If i do a custom install (using beta 1 disks) and deselect everything i end up with over 300 packages. So i'm guessing anaconda calculates dependencies in a slightly different way, can anyone point me to files/code where i should be looking to find out? Thanks very much in advance for help Nick This e-mail is the property of Quadriga Worldwide Ltd, intended for the addressee only and confidential. Any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message or any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from Quadriga may be monitored. Quadriga cannot guarantee any message delivery method is secure or error-free. Information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. We do not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions in this message and/or attachment that arise as a result of transmission. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Quadriga.

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forums + portal for {lang}.centos.org sites
by Karanbir Singh 16 Aug '24

16 Aug '24

Hi, Earlier in the evening today Ralph, Fabian and I had a chat about the present state of the language subsites. This email sort of summarises the main issue ( s/w ). We seem to have run into a slight technical hitch with punbb/fluxbb. They dont support LDAP as a backend. And we had decided a few months back that all new rollouts must have ldap backend so we can rollin CentOS-DS / openldap based backend. So we need to look at alternatives, and since the primary focus of these international sites is going be forums : Here is a shortlist ( if there is anything else that people are aware of, please add to this list ) - phpBB - SMF - Fudforum - phorum - fluxbb Requirements: - Must be able to scale ( couple of hundred thousand msgs ) - Must be able to handle ldap auth ( if it cant, whats involved in writing the ldap-auth portion ) - Must address the specific requirements raised by the present www.centos.org forum users ( Can you please fill this section in ? ) - Must support all languages we need ( pure utf8 support would be good ) - Secure - Skin'able Nice to have: - Capable of running multiple instances from a single deployment - responsive community :D Things we will need to do: - Decide on what s/w to use. - Give the ArtWork people enough time to get the look & feel sorted. - Migrate newbb forums from www.centos.org to $system ( hey, english is a language too :D ). - Migrate fr.centos.org into the final s/w - setup {de/es/ja/it/pt_br}.centos.org Actions: Ralph and Fabian are going to work on setting up a test ldap server, once that is online we will then start by installing into our test-vm-farm the various s/w to eval them. If anyone would like to help, please feel free to jump right in. I'll setup a wiki page for this issue, which might be a good place to track progress. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq

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CentOS 7 Artwork
by Marcus Moeller 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Hi all. Here is my proposal artwork for the upcoming CentOS 7 release. https://polybox.ethz.ch/public.php?service=files&t=b7bc0652a190725e39fe9558… https://polybox.ethz.ch/public.php?service=files&t=5b788217a30cb72953e64454… Greets Marcus

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OpenNebula Variant and Cloud SIG proposals
by Jaime Melis 26 May '14

26 May '14

Apologies, I sent this to KB's direct mailbox earlier today and apparently I didn't send it to centos-devel. So I'm forwarding it now. Given that there are at least two other projects keen to make this happen, it would be great if the Cloud SIG could be a single multicloud target. -- Hello, I'm Jaime Melis from the OpenNebula project [1]. We have been involved with CentOS for the past year making a stable Cloud Management Platform [2]. I would like to hereby propose a new CentOS variant, namely the OpenNebula variant. This variant would add three roles to the CentOS installation: * OpenNebula Frontend * OpenNebula Node KVM * OpenNebula Node Xen The work for the Frontend and Node KVM roles has been completed and is ready to be released. The Node Xen role is still in progress although close to being finished. This work should take place under the Cloud SIG umbrella, which right as of now doesn't exist, so I would like to also propose the creation of this group with the aim of making the major cloud platforms work wth Centos. Regards, Jaime [1] http://opennebula.org/ [2] http://wiki.centos.org/Cloud/OpenNebula/QuickStart -- Jaime Melis Project Engineer OpenNebula - Flexible Enterprise Cloud Made Simple www.OpenNebula.org | jmelis(a)opennebula.org

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Secure Boot in RHEL7beta
by Akemi Yagi 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

RHEL 7 beta can be installed on systems with 'Secure Boot' enabled as seen in the Installation Guide [1]. More info about Secure Boot is available from Fedora docs and the links therein [2,3] Question is how the implementation of Secure Boot should be handled in CentOS. Akemi [1] https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux… [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Secureboot [3] http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/UEFI_Secure_Boot_Guide/i…

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Russian localized Freenode.net channel #centos-ru
by Мернов Георгий 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Didn't receive an answer for my mail, trying to send it again. Hi, i would like to start a Cyrillic UTF-8 community channel on a Freenode. Can you assist me in ? -- С Уважением Мернов Георгий

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Storage SIG proposal
by Patrick McGarry 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Greetings CentOS-devel, We here at Inktank (and the Ceph project) are quite interested in the direction that CentOS is headed and would love to propose a 'Storage SIG' to help ensure that something so fundamental gets the proper attention. There are definitely aspects that will overlap with Core, Cloud, and Virtualization, but we think there are plenty of places where storage should have it's own discourse. We are already building CentOS packages for Ceph and would like to encourage other storage offerings to do the same. We are definitely in alignment with the requirements and want to ensure that: 1) the discourse remains primarily CentOS related, or at least tangentially applicable. 2) there is plenty of feedback and control into, and out of, the core CentOS community. 3) all communications take place in public (either IRC or mailing lists). 4) all code is compatible with a FOSS license (in our case, LGPL v2 w/ fragmented copyright). 5) all documentation is compatible with the CentOS wiki license. 6) the storage SIG would be very mindful of CentOS direction and coordinate effectively. 7) we have the appropriate buy-in from the CentOS devteam. For a (very rough) outline of form and function I was thinking of the following. However, this will obviously grow and mature with feedback. Mission To ensure that CentOS is at the forefront of next generation storage technology and has a wide range of mature options for both traditional and distributed systems. Technical Goals * Assist with packaging and testing of storage technologies for CentOS repositories * Documenting paths to deployment and use for various storage technologies * Hold an open discourse around storage technology as it applies to CentOS * Work closely with providers of storage technology to ensure tight integration with CentOS Community Goals * Provide an easy-to-consume menu of storage and deployment/orchestration options * Act as a resource for those exploring next generation storage technology * Ensure that all storage technology is addressed equally without favoritism * Work with users to publish use cases and real-world examples for review I welcome any and all feedback and look forward to working with the CentOS community. Thanks. Best Regards, Patrick McGarry Director, Community || Inktank http://ceph.com || http://inktank.com @scuttlemonkey || @ceph || @inktank

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/opt/rh is a directory and not a symbolic link when installing devtoolset
by Dave Johansen 11 Feb '14

11 Feb '14

I just installed devtoolset-1.1-gcc-c++ and devtoolset-1.1-gcc-plugin-devel on a clean install and after doing so /opt/rh was a directory and not a symbolic link to /opt/centos. It was an easy fix, but is there something I can do to help diagnose the cause of the issue so it won't bite other people? Thanks, Dave

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Xen/Xen4CentOS SIG
by Lars Kurth 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Hi all, congratulations on the RedHat/CentOS announcement. Sorry for responding so late on SIGs: I was in China until recently and had no time to follow up. There is definitely interest to continue the Xen (or Xen4CentOS) SIG within CentOS, building on the Xen4CentOS work of last year. I want to get the endorsement of the Xen Project Advisory Board for joining the SIG at next Tuesday's board meeting. This will give an application (if needed) extra weight. I don't expect any issues. The other question I have is whether we do need to re-apply (http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup lists Xen4CentOS as a SIG already) and what the format for an application would be other than posting to this list. Maybe we ought to look at the naming of the SIG and make it more generic to cover for future version changes in Xen as well as targeting CentOS versions beyond CentOS 7 (which ought to be a lot easier than CentOS 6 because we only need Xen and no custom kernel). Also, there would probably be practical issues on list naming, etc. (Xen4CentOS is merged with CentOS-virt from a list perspective). I don't have an issue with the status quo, but it may be cleaner for CentOS in the long run if there was a clear SIG to list mapping. Best Regards Lars

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ClearCenter Marketplace for CentOS Variant
by David Loper 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

ClearCenter and ClearFoundation are interested in starting a CentOS variant called 'ClearCenter Marketplace for CentOS'. This will allow management of various CentOS services, EPEL packages, and third party applications to be easily managed and configured under CentOS. We are also interested in being part of a SIG centered around 'Server Management.' Please let us know the next steps. We'd like to get started right away and we are willing to participate in the process of helping to set up shop. Let us know how we can serve. -- David Loper President, ClearFoundation

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