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Proposal to default to GitLab for SIG packaging
by Davide Cavalca 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

In the last Board meeting we discussed the future of git.centos.org, and whether it would make sense to encourage SIGs to move over to GitLab, as we already have a group at gitlab.com/centos and that's where CentOS Stream development is happening (under gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream) GitLab also provides features (notably, CI integration via Pipelines and an improved code review flow) that some SIGs would like to use and would benefit from. To this end, I have filed https://git.centos.org/centos/board/issue/129 to summarize the discussion and decide the next steps. We'd welcome any comments and feedback on this. To be clear, there are no plans to sunset git.centos.org at this time. Cheers Davide

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Extras-common repository status for s390x architecture
by Fabian Arrotin 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Hi, Dusty created a ticket on infra tracker about empty s390x repo for extras-common : https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1635 For visibility/awareness I'd like to discuss that here and then work on ticket eventually, as it would involve other SIGs. For a long time, we had no s390x arch support in CBS but it was finally available end of 2024 (https://lists.centos.org/hyperkitty/list/devel@lists.centos.org/thread/YW24…) So, now the interesting question : what to do about s390x ? It's easy to just add it to the extras-common build tag (https://cbs.centos.org/koji/taginfo?tagID=2914) and it would start pushing centos-release* noarch pkgs out , and so available for s390x users (are there a lot of these ? ) But while it would "solve" the issue mentioned by Dusty above, it would be giving impression that there are SIG content s(like ceph/gluster/else, so content built by SIGs) available for s390x, while only NFV/Infra (for our own needs)/OKD started to build for s390x. As a reminder, that extras-common repository is only used for SIGs to distribute their -release packages (containing .repo files and gpg pub key) so that it can be directly installed from a centos stream release (that's the only repo that is available by default, coming from CBS - community and so outside of stream repositories like BaseOS/AppStream/CRB/etc) I'd like to have your opinion/thoughs/feedback about this . -- Fabian Arrotin The CentOS Project | https://www.centos.org gpg key: 17F3B7A1 | @arrfab[@fosstodon.org]

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OpenQA instance for CentOS - current state and next steps
by Aleksandra Fedorova 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

Hi, folks, we have been discussing this feature for a while, but not officially. So let me bring this up for a wider audience: = Overview OpenQA is a test orchestration framework used by OpenSUSE and Fedora and it is more or less tailored to testing distribution images. There is a number of tests written by Fedora QA team which are being triggered on every nightly compose, and we would like to explore the possibility to run these tests in the CentOS project on CentOS images. Additionally there has been an open request from CentOS Alt Images and Hyperscale SIGs to provide the way to test their own images as well. We would like to address this need under the umbrella of the CentOS Integration SIG. = Plan 1) setup a dedicated OpenQA instance as close as possible to how Fedora OpenQA instance is deployed; 2) ensure that it can run at least one test from Fedora QA test suite on a standard CentOS Stream compose; 3) Offer interested parties (Hyperscale, Alt Images, Installer team at Red Hat..) to extend the functionality; 4) .. NOT in the plan: - To replace existing compose tests CentOS Stream. = What has been done Jan Scotka created a local proof-of-concept and is now ready to do the deployment. See details in https://gitlab.com/CentOS/Integration/general/-/issues/8 = Help needed We have infrastructure request filed in: https://pagure.io/centos-infra/issue/1631 And of course we would love to have more people joining, getting familiar with OpenQA capabilities and using it for their work. -- Aleksandra Fedorova Matrix: @bookwar:fedora.im Fediverse/Mastodon: @bookwar@fosstodon.org

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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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April Board Meeting Recap
by Shaun McCance 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

The recording of the April CentOS Board meeting is now available. Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/qWKdSPYCgro Read the minutes: https://git.centos.org/centos/board/blob/master/f/meetings/2025/2025-04.md See this post on the blog: https://blog.centos.org/2025/04/centos-board-meeting-recap-april-2025/ The recording has timestamps so you can skip to the parts that interest you. Here are a few highlights of the meeting: * The Board discussed ongoing efforst to move content to GitLab. * The new Proposed Updates SIG gave an update on their progress. * CentOS is looking into publishing official WSL images.

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[Storage-SIG] centos-release-ceph-squid missing deps
by Sandro Bonazzola 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

Hi, looks like centos-release-ceph-squid is missing deps: ``` # dnf install centos-release-ceph-squid Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:29 ago on Wed Apr 9 09:40:18 2025. Error: Problem: cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides centos-release-storage-common needed by centos-release-ceph-squid-1.0-2.el10s.noarch from extras-common ```

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2025-04-09 - CentOS Public Board Meeting
by Thomas Oulevey 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Hi Everyone, Our next board meeting will take place at 20:00 UTC on Wednesday: `date -d "2025-04-09 20:00 UTC"` If you would like to attend please send me an email to alphacc(a)centosproject.org ( please do not reply to @centos-devel or use another email address) and you will receive a link to a meeting room with a passcode, 1 hour before the meeting takes place. The agenda can be checked at (work in progress) : https://hackmd.io/@centosboard/H1kcOFOaJx As a reminder we will enforce few rules : * Wait to be recognized by the Chair before speaking * Respect the Chair when told your time to speak is over - this will allow us to remain on agenda, and complete the meetings in the allotted time * In the event that there are Board-confidential topics, these will be put at the end of the meeting, in Executive Session, and guests will be asked to leave. We hope to minimize these items, but they do sometimes happen. The most common scenarios in which this may happen are personnel issues, or information that Red Hat wishes to share with the Board, but is not yet public. * Muting of participants, or, in extreme situations, ejection from the meeting, is at the sole discretion of the Chair. * Meetings will be recorded, and published to YouTube (possibly with edits/redaction, as approved by the Directors). Thus, by joining the meeting you consent to have your presence at the meeting, and anything you say during the meeting, made public. I hope some of you can join. thanks, -- Thomas 'alphacc' Oulevey CentOS Board of Directors Secretary alphacc(a)centosproject.org

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Moving centos-bootc to main composes
by Colin Walters 03 Apr '25

03 Apr '25

Hi, I'd like to make progress on this: https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/containers/bootc/-/issues/1174

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