devel September 2024

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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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AltImages SIG: Announcing new images
by Troy Dawson 14 Apr '25

14 Apr '25

The CentOS Alternative Images SIG[1] has updated their CentOS Stream 9 Live images this quarter. We also added 4 new Live desktop images.[2] We now have * CINNAMON * GNOME * KDE * MATE * XFCE * MAX MAX has all the desktops listed above, plus a few others like IceWM and Lumina. All of these live images can be installed on your system. If there are bugs that are specific to the live images (not just general CentOS Stream bugs) please file an issue in our spins bug tracker.[3] Troy [1] - https://sigs.centos.org/altimages/ [2] - https://mirror.stream.centos.org/SIGs/9-stream/altimages/images/live/ [3] - https://pagure.io/centos-sig-alt-images/spin-bugs/issues

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Board Nominations Requested
by Shaun McCance 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

** Please read this entire email before responding with nominations. ** We have a process, and the process is important. Recently, Brian Exelbierd notified the CentOS board that he will be moving on from his role as Red Hat Liaison. The Red Hat Liaison role is special: it is the only board seat appointed by and speaking for Red Hat. All other board members are at-large and speak for themselves. Brian's role will be backfilled, but until it is, Josh Boyer will step in as the interim Red Hat Liaison. This means that Josh is stepping down from his position as an at-large board member. See Brian's and Josh's emails for more info: https://lists.centos.org/hyperkitty/list/devel@lists.centos.org/thread/QAG4… https://lists.centos.org/hyperkitty/list/devel@lists.centos.org/thread/BCWM… We are asking you, the CentOS community, for nominations for who should fill Josh's seat. Note that the vote on who will fill this seat is held by the board itself, but nominations are open to the entire community. If you would like to nominate someone (or self-nominate), please use this Google form: https://forms.gle/jqYF7v5AUVy6L1Fz6 Please DO NOT send nominations to this list. As this is not a public vote, we don't want to give the impression of a popularity contest with public nominations. We also want to avoid any shaming if someone is nominated and is not seated, or chooses not to accept. I will ensure that each nominee is willing and able to serve, and the board will consider them and select the next director from the list. If you wish to nominate someone, you should consider the list of director requirements and recommendations listed at: https://www.centos.org/about/governance/director-requirements/ Nominations will be open until September 23. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration and participation in this process. -- Shaun, for the CentOS Board of Directors

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Planned outage , please read (Oct 8th)
by Fabian Arrotin 08 Oct '24

08 Oct '24

Due to a mandatory core switches upgrade in the DC where some services are hosted, we'll lose connectivity between some services/storage servers and some publicly available services will be impacted. Impacted services: - https://git.centos.org - https://cbs.centos.org (builders will be put on hold during maintenance window) - https://lists.centos.org - CentOS mailing lists - CentOS CI env (https://duffy.ci.centos.org api endpoint) Maintenance is scheduled for """"Tuesday September 22nd, 6:00 am UTC time"""". You can convert to local time with $(date -d '2020-09-22 06:00 UTC') The expected/communicated "downtime" was estimated to be 4h, but we'll just announce when all services will be available again. Thanks for your understanding and patience. on behalf of the Infra team, -- Fabian Arrotin The CentOS Project | https://www.centos.org gpg key: 17F3B7A1 | @arrfab[@fosstodon.org]

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access to s390x arch for SIGs (looking for comments)
by Fabian Arrotin 27 Sep '24

27 Sep '24

It's not the first time that some SIGs members are reaching out to me to ask about s390x architecture access for CBS (https://cbs.centos.org) This time, it was on irc, in #centos-devel channel. I promised to open a public thread on devel list so that we can reach out to bigger audience (SIGs and project leaders). Myself, talking about the Infra SIG needs, I'd love to have access to s390x architecture, as my current plan includes building through local mock on a different infra, and then having to launch manual processes, as our infra packages are built / signed / distributed like every other SIG, but so lacking s390x support. During that discussion on the centos-devel irc channel earlier today, someone mentioned https://openmainframeproject.org/news/developer-resources-for-linux-on-s390… Do you think (as SIGs) that it would be beneficial to eventually engage ? But also searching for CentOS Board members' opinion/thought on this first, as I don't want to start engaging with IBM through that public process if there is another way :) That reminds me this Fedora thread about similar request : https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/11122 Opinions ? Thoughts ? -- Fabian Arrotin The CentOS Project | https://www.centos.org gpg key: 17F3B7A1 | @arrfab[@fosstodon.org]

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CentOS Showcase, Nov 4
by Shaun McCance 25 Sep '24

25 Sep '24

Hi folks, Since we consolidated our in-person events to the one CentOS Connect each year at FOSDEM, there's been a lot of demand to bring back virtual events to show things off throughout the year. On November 4, we're going to host our first CentOS Showcase. This is a half-day virtual event, featuring short 20-minute talks where you can show off what you've been working on in CentOS. https://cfp.fedoraproject.org/centos-showcase-2024-11/ The CFP and registration are open. We're testing out new platforms as we do this, so please let us know if there are problems. We hope to run these virtual events 2-3 times per year going forward. We're very interested in your feedback on the format so we can improve in the future. Thanks, Shaun

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Red Hat Liaison role filled
by Josh Boyer 20 Sep '24

20 Sep '24

Hello CentOS community, A month ago we announced that Brian Exelbierd would be departing Red Hat and that I would be taking the Liaison role to the CentOS Board on an interim basis while Red Hat looked for a long-term candidate. I am pleased to inform you that Steve Wanless will be taking the Red Hat Liaison role, effective immediately. Steve is a Product Manager within the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Business Unit focused on infrastructure and ecosystem. He has also been looking into RISC-V and other forward looking technologies. Please give Steve a warm welcome to the project. josh

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centpkg-sig - option for both git repos
by Troy Dawson 17 Sep '24

17 Sep '24

Currently centpkg-sig is configured to point to git.centos.org and that is great for those SIG's that use that. But more and more SIG's are using gitlab.com/CentOS. I sent out an email a couple months ago when this pull request came in[1] and found out that some SIG's were using git.centos.org. But I've had another ping about changing the default, and it got me thinking about somehow having two defaults. I'm still thinking about how we could do that, but I'm curious about how much the CentOS SIG's would want this? There are a couple ways to do it. A) have two configurations with two "binaries" centos-sig-pagure centos-sig-gitlab B) Have one set as the default, and the other as an option centos-sig centos-sig --gitlab C) Something else, like checking both places to see if the package is there. Sounds icky, but just an example of "something else" So I guess I have two questions: - Do the SIG's want this? - Does anyone have a good idea on how to do it? Troy [1] - https://git.centos.org/centos/centpkg/pull-request/99

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Cloud SiG Meeting and Chair/Co-Chair Nominations and Elections
by Joel Capitao 13 Sep '24

13 Sep '24

Hi folks, It's been 2 years since I'm chairing the Cloud SiG, and I think it's time for me to step down and let another, or new, members of the SiG give a new momentum. So we would like to take nominations for the chair and co-chair roles. Please reply to this email with your self-nominations and nominations for other members of the SiG. If you are nominated by another member of the SiG please reply to this mail as well with your acceptance. You can also reply privately to Amy (spotz) in cc. If we have a quorum, we will hold elections during the next meeting (Oct 10). If a quorum is not met, we will ask for 1-2 volunteers and hold an election outside our regular meeting. Thank you, Joel

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CentOS Cloud SIG meeting minutes (2024-09-12)
by Joel Capitao 13 Sep '24

13 Sep '24

====================================================== #centos-meeting: CentOS Cloud SIG meeting (2024-09-12) ====================================================== Meeting summary --------------- * roll call * Move to Matrix for meetings ? * centbot on IRC was decommissioned * the bridge IRC Libera server/Matrix is down * next meetings will take place on Matrix #centos-cloud:fedoraproject.org * RDO/OpenStack Update * RDO is preparing the Dalmatian release

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