On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 12:16 PM Neal Gompa <ngompa13 at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 11:58 AM Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org> wrote: > > > > On 23/11/2021 12:24, Alex Iribarren wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > While trying to run the CentOS functional tests on CS9[*], I noticed > > > that several fail because of branding issues. For example, > > > p_httpd/httpd_centos_brand_server_tokens.sh expects the server string to > > > match `Apache.*\ (CentOS)`, when in fact the server line is: > > > > > > Server: Apache/2.4.51 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9) OpenSSL/3.0.0 > > > > > > This got me thinking about how de-branding is supposed to work in CS9. I > > > would guess the usual process would have to be reversed now, where Red > > > Hat would remove the CentOS brand from CS9 packages and add the Red Hat > > > brand for the RHEL 9.0 builds, but clearly this isn't happening yet. I > > > guess this is an oversight? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Alex > > > > > > [*] I know, I know, but I have to run *something* before you guys > > > release your own functional test suite for CS9! > > > > In the absence of anyone from the project commenting, I'm wondering how > > RHEL branding could have possibly got into a CentOS Stream release in > > the first place? > > > > The pictorial representation we are given is clear: > > > > https://blog.centos.org/2021/12/introducing-centos-stream-9/ > > > > CentOS Stream is forked from Fedora Rawhide and exists upstream of any > > RHEL release so it's hard to envisage how this could possibly have > > happened. Surely now it is a case of RH removing CentOS branding for > > their RHEL release if Stream is truly the upstream development of RHEL? > > > > Wouldn't it be simpler to just call it RHEL Stream and do away with the > > extra layer of obfuscation and confusion, as that's more what it looks > > like (if it walks like a duck...) > > That would be a significant deviation of Red Hat's own brand strategy. > *All* of Red Hat's products have a "project brand" and a "product > brand". > > This has two major advantages: > > 1. It enshrines branding as an aspect of differentiation for the Red > Hat offering > 2. It makes it easy for third parties to make their own branded > product offerings based on the project and strengthen the ecosystem. > > In this particular case with Apache HTTPD, it's happening because > CentOS Stream uses the "Red Hat Enterprise Linux" BZ support product, > and that's how it gets set at build-time. > > See here: https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/httpd/-/blob/9d1c57410b67b48856876b6068b36bd3d1aa32d5/httpd.spec#L6 > > It's an easy fix, I'll have it proposed momentarily. > Done: https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/httpd/-/merge_requests/37 -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth!