On 7/10/19 4:09 PM, Thomas Oulevey wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > Thanks for your questions. > > Inline my feedback. > > On 10.07.19 22:57, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: >> >> 1. What are the policies that EPEL would need to change? > > EPEL is shipping only latest build in their repo. We can't build > against older packages. Another issue is that koji doesn't allow that > either. The intermediate repo metadata only contains latest builds and > it is not configurable as far as I remember. > >> 2. What are the parts of EPEL that are a moving target compared to >> the continuous release method of CentOS? > > We can build packages and stick to them for a whole lifecycle of a SIG > project release for both "Requires:" and "Buildrequires:". > > I am sure there are other concerns that can be discussed by the pkgs > maintainers. > Would it be possible to permit some SIGs to opt into EPEL if they desire? Or to put another way: The EPEL project has a Special Interest in EL packages. While this isn't a CentOS SIG, it is a Group. Existing CentOS SIGs are able to opt into depending on CentOS SIGs. Would permitting SIGs to opt into depending on EPEL be much different? Pat -- Pat Riehecky Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory www.fnal.gov www.scientificlinux.org