Hi Folks,
With CentOS Stream 9 we are publishing SIG content separately from OS content to make things easier to deliver (http://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/ vs. http://mirror.stream.centos.org/SIGs/). Everything under the 9-stream directory corresponds to a repository in RHEL and repo files are included by default in centos-stream-repos at install time.
Currently (in CentOS Linux) SIGs build their own repo files into centos-release-<sig> packages and ask for their release in CentOS Extras. We also ship things like epel-release and elrepo-release in Extras. I'd like to continue this in Stream 9 but make things a little bit easier for SIGs to self-manage their repo packages.
Proposal: - Extras will continue but as a SIG repository, including the appropriate tags in CBS, and a separate gpg key - Extras, beginning with Stream 9, will not contain any other content besides repo packages - Extras will be the only SIG repo included in centos-stream repos (to allow folks to dnf install other repo packages) - Each SIG leader (or a designate) will be an ex-officio member of the group, allowed to tag centos-release-<sig> packages in for publishing - Other repositories (like EPEL) may also have a member designated to manage its release package
If this is something SIG leaders are interested in, I will take a formal proposal to the board for sponsorship. Any comments?
--Brian