[CentOS-devel] Non RHSCL RH content in SCLo

Wed Sep 18 09:49:04 UTC 2019
Pavel Valena <pvalena at redhat.com>

----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Cassell" <fedoraproject at cyberpear.com>
> To: "CentOS Devel List" <centos-devel at centos.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2019 7:49:19 AM
> Subject: [CentOS-devel] Non RHSCL RH content in SCLo
> 
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2019, at 11:34 AM, Honza Horak wrote:
> > While this is packaged as SCL as well, it is not part of the RHSCL
> > content in Red Hat, so we originally did not pay closer attention to
> > that piece of sw in SCLo SIG.
> > 
> > It looks like there is some demand now, so we can probably request cbs
> > tags for that and try to rebuild that SCL, similarly as we do it for
> > other RHSCL content.
> > 
> 
> What is the general process for getting an equivalent to SCLs by Red Hat into
> SCLo? The SCL I'm interested in specifically is jws5, i.e., an up to date
> tomcat web server.
> 
> 
> > Ken, if there would be some troubles with rebuilding, would you be
> > willing to help, by any chance?
> > 
> > Honza
> > 
> 
> 
> I'm willing to help with any necessary packaging changes if someone can point
> me in the right direction.

Generally, it needs manual work for repackaging, as SCL spec files are different from the regular ones. Any help is welcome.

> 
> Do I just `centpkg import`the relevant SRPMS from Red Hat to get started?

Let me just introduce you to our wiki [1] and mailing list [2].

[1] https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/SCLo
[2] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/sclorg

> 
> 
> V/r,
> James Cassell

Regards,
Pavel