On 03/04/2020 14:46, Leon Fauster via CentOS-devel wrote: > Am 13.03.20 um 17:34 schrieb Brian Stinson: >> Hi Folks, >> >> We were exploring ways to deal with devel packages that are unshipped >> upstream in RHEL 8, but which are required at build-time in SIG >> deliverables, or for software that you might want to build at home. >> >> We just pushed the Devel variant to the mirrors, as soon the mirror >> network coalesces, you can find this repository at: >> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8/Devel, OR >> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-Stream/Devel >> >> We are currently in the process of including a .repo file (disabled by >> default) in centos-release. Look for an update to that soon. >> >> Special thanks to James Antill, who did most of the compose work on this >> variant. >> >> Here are some questions that you might have, and some answers: >> >> ## What is the Devel repo for? >> >> We envision using the Devel repo for packages that are unshipped in >> CentOS Linux/CentOS Stream but needed for build-time dependencies of >> other packages. Devel is *NOT* meant to satisfy runtime dependencies or >> for long term use on general purpose machines. >> >> ## How do I use the Devel repo? >> >> We will soon ship repo files in centos-release-8.1-1.1911.0.9.el8 and >> centos-release-stream-8.1-1.1911.0.9.el8, once those are installed you >> can enable the Devel repo by running: >> >> dnf config-manager --enable Devel (on CentOS Linux), OR >> >> dnf config-manager --enable Stream-Devel (on CentOS Stream) >> >> Reminder: this repo is *not* for general purpose use, and is only >> recommended for buildtime activities only. >> >> ## How do I ask for an unshipped package to be included in Devel? >> >> Please file a bug on bugs.centos.org >> Project: CentOS-8 >> Category: _unreleased_devel_packages >> >> Give us a short description of the -devel package that you need, and a >> description of what the -devel package is used to build. >> >> ## Why do you need to know what the -devel packages are used for? >> >> We ask for that information to better understand the impact of not >> including them in a normal release artifact. This is an information >> gathering opportunity and is *not* for making inclusion/rejection >> judgements for Devel >> >> ## Why isn't my package included yet? >> >> We began with a small subset of requests to test our compose and >> delivery configs. We plan to close out bugs that are fixed with this >> push shortly, and then process the rest of the queue. Stay tuned to your >> open bugs if you have them. >> >> ## Why not include *all* unshipped components in Devel? >> >> One reason is that we want to gather impact information that we can >> communicate upstream. >> >> More importantly, Red Hat has decided that these unshipped packages are >> lower in bugfix/update priority compared to the ones that made it into >> RHEL. In very limited cases, we may not see updates to such packages >> through the usual source-drop process, we need to maintain a list so >> that the CentOS team can monitor those packages more closely. > > > I didn't check that but "most" unshipped packages have corresponding > parts shipped. This applies mostly for all -devel packages. So if they > get updates the build process also gives new unshipped packages out. > > But my actually questions is: There are already some bug reports under > _unreleased_devel_packages. Whats the average time to see such packages > in the Devel repo? > > And can this repo also have feed unter https://feeds.centos.org/ ? > > -- > Thanks for this effort! > Leon > Can't answer for content, but for the feeds, I just pushed the small needed change [1] so expect some .xml files to appear in the next minutes ... [1] https://github.com/CentOS/ansible-role-httpd-feeds/commit/d79831b541bbac839bbd9f36d96841a6d06251fa -- Fabian Arrotin The CentOS Project | https://www.centos.org gpg key: 17F3B7A1 | twitter: @arrfab -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20200403/1ea3e678/attachment-0005.sig>