On 09/21/2015 07:42 PM, Haïkel wrote: > Hi, > > Since the CentOS acquihire, there was a lot of discussion about EPEL's future. > Since the FOSDEM meetup between Fedora/CentOS folks, there was little > progress on that topic > > After a discussion with a Smooge, I decided to come with a proposal, > knowing that > 1. Fedora wants to keep EPEL within it umbrella > 2. That CentOS SIGs are in practice rebuilding a lot of EPEL packages > (or retag them for other SIGs) > leading to poor maintenance as they don't follow EPEL tickets for all > their dependencies. > 3. EPEL is not part CentOS plans, and as soon as SIGs will progress, > *may* turn the former irrelevant > 4. Some EPEL packages are poorly maintained especially on older EL > releases and/or orphaned > > > We've reached the point where both EPEL/CBS would greatly benefit to join hands. > > So I suggest that we consider the following: > * EPEL will still use Fedora dist-git > * EPEL builds should be done in CBS to make it easier for SIGs to consume it. > * EPEL will use CentOS repositories instead of mirroring RHEL repositories > * Bridging Fedora/CentOS accounting system (CentOS is migrating to > FAS) <== we need to see the feasibility of this but that would be > optimal, that would increase the permeability between our two > contributors pools which is something, we all want to encourage. > * Create a EPEL provenpackager group under CentOS core SIG > supervision, allowing them to appoint people to maintain EPEL > packages. > > I suggest that we keep the EPEL name to acknowledge EPEL historical > effort to provide quality additional packages for EL distros. > Fedora contributors would still be able to contribute to EPEL, and > CentOS contributors to make it up their standards. > > Would that work for you? +1. I liked the idea. It would save a lots of repeated efforts for building similar packages in CBS for SIGs. I think we should we settle EPEL vs SIG stuff asap. Because this will help SIG and EPEL to grow and stay relevant. Thanks, Lala > Regards, > H. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel