[CentOS-devel] RPM naming conventions for upstream
Thomas F Herbert
therbert at redhat.com
Tue Nov 8 00:32:17 UTC 2016
On 11/07/2016 02:36 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 7 November 2016 02:13:05 GMT+00:00, Thomas F Herbert
> <therbert at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I have code to build DPDK RPM's built for 16.07 release merged
> upstream in new dpdk-rpm project we started in fd.io. I also
> modified the vpp rpm creation so it was more distro friendly, so
> it could be built from a dist tarball or a SRPM.
>
> My questions are about RPM naming conventions for Centos for DPDK,
> vpp and other upstream NFV related projects to come.
>
> I built RPMs previously for OVS/DPDK and DPDK in OPNFV and stuck
> pretty to the Fedora naming conventions and nobody complained. But
> somehow, I don't think that what I have done so far will meet the
> more strict standards of the DISTRO.
>
> To begin with, could you please point me to some guidelines for
> file names. I see them for Fedora everywhere but I am fuzzy on
> what would be required for Centos.
>
> In order for the changelog to be meaningful it seems that there
> should be a git hash tag appended to file name. however, when the
> RPM is an unaltered "pure" upstream release with no patches I am
> not sure this is necessary.
>
> Forgive me if these seem like stupid questions but I am trying to
> get a few bits together upstream and then I should be able to
> start building in Koji for the NFV SIG and I want to make sure I
> do things "right!"
>
> --Tom
>
>
> --
> *Thomas F Herbert*
> SDN Group
> Office of Technology
> *Red Hat*
>
>
> Hi Thomas
>
> We rely on the Fedora naming and packaging guidelines. If you are
> aligned with their specifications - you should be all set on our side too.
Please double check: Here is the built 16.07 dpdk RPM built in fd.io:
https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.master.centos7/io/fd/rpm_dpdk/dpdk/16.07.0-4.el7.centos.x86_64/
I am not sure the ".0" should be there?
>
> Regards
> --
> Sent on the move, excuse my typos
--
*Thomas F Herbert*
SDN Group
Office of Technology
*Red Hat*
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