[CentOS-devel] [EXT] May we get all subpackages in C8S repos?

Thu Jan 21 12:52:02 UTC 2021
Xavier Bachelot <xavier at bachelot.org>

Le 21/01/2021 à 11:59, Alfredo Moralejo Alonso a écrit :
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 11:49 AM Peter Georg 
> <peter.georg at physik.uni-regensburg.de 
> <mailto:peter.georg at physik.uni-regensburg.de>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     On 21/01/2021 11.34, Alfredo Moralejo Alonso wrote:
>      > Hi,
>      >
>      > With the refocus of CentOS to Stream, i think it'd make sense to
>     open the
>      > discussion about the missing subpackages (mainly devel ones) in
>     the repos.
>      >
>      > While I understand that this was part of the idea of a "pure
>     clone" of RHEL
>      > when working with CentOS Linux, now that stream is more intended
>     to be used
>      > by devel community and not as a pure rebuild, I think there are
>     reasons to
>      > change this policy.
>      >
>      > What'd be the best way to open this discussion?, is it being
>     discussed
>      > already?, should this be a topic for the board?
>      >
>      > Best regards,
>      >
>      > Alfredo
> 
>     Not answering your questions, but probably related:
>     I already opened a Bug on bugzilla.redhat.com
>     <http://bugzilla.redhat.com> (#1915238) about the
>     CentOS Stream "Devel" repository being empty.
>     So the situation concerning devel subpackages is currently even worse
>     for CentOS Stream 8 than for CentOS Linux 8.
> 
> 
> Thanks for the hint.
> 
> You are right, Devel repo is now empty for c8s making things worse.
> 
> Let's see if we can get any additional detail from the CentOS core team.
> 

While missing -devel sub-packages and other missing sub-packages are 
likely 2 separate topics, I'd really like both of them to be addressed.

Regards,
Xavier