We met for the first time today.
Florian briefly summarized the status of the CentOS 9 Stream rebuilds with x86-64-v2 and x86-64-v3. For details, please see:
[CentOS-devel] ISA SIG rebuild status https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2023-June/143007.html
Since then, Troy has added consumption documentation describing how to consume the builds:
Convert CentOS Stream 9 to ISA https://sigs.centos.org/isa/consuming/centosstream9/#convert-centos-stream-9-to-isa
Currently, there are no plans to keep the package set up-to-date with regards to CentOS 9 Stream.
Troy plans to create centos-release-isa package which, upon installation, creates the unusual repository configuration. This will be an explicit download, not part of CentOS Extras, out of concern that people might try to install it accidentally otherwise.
Ali raised the matter of zlib-ng (see the previous mailing list thread). Florian thinks that zlib-ng in compat mode is something to explore. This work should happen in Fedora first, targeting Fedora 40. Florian to send email to relevant parties.
Troy and Florian are going to explore creating two container images for each rebuild variant, so that people have a more familiar starting point for some quick experiments.
We plan to reconvene on July 21st, at 16:00 UTC (date and time still tentative; it's the alternate slot for the bi-weekly Fedora ELN meeting). Please drop me a line if you want to be added to the meeting invitation. Update of the CentOS calendar is still pending: https://github.com/CentOS/Calendar/pull/62 (We will likely keep using Google Meet instead of IRC, though.)
Thanks, Florian