[CentOS-devel] CentOS Stream 8 + EPEL?

On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 3:18 PM Troy Dawson <tdawson at redhat.com> wrote:
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> EPEL for CentOS Stream 8 (epel-next)
> - Very close.  Hopefully just a few weeks away.
> - We do not plan on a full EPEL rebuild for CentOS Stream, but instead a layered approach.  So you will still have the regular EPEL repository enabled.  A vast majority of packages built for regular EPEL will still install and work on CentOS Stream.  Just those packages that need to be rebuilt for Stream, will be in the epel-next repo.
>
> Mock for EPEL
> - Right now mock uses templates, so it's easy to mix and match.  You can use either CentOS or RHEL to build for EPEL right now.
> - I can't speak for mock, but I am assuming they will add CentOS Stream, Alma and Rocky into the templates.  Then you should be able to build for EPEL on either RHEL, Alma, or Rocky.  You would also be able to build for epel-next using CentOS Stream.

I've noticed these in flux in the last few minor releases of
mock-core-configs. The more consistent use of templates is helping.
epel-8-x86_64.cfg is pointed to "centos-8.tpl" and "epel-8.tpl", and
"centos-8" is due for expiration. I personally don't want to see it
replaced with centos-8-stream, and I don't want people confused.
Whether "epel-8-x86_64.cfg points to epel 8 and centos 8 stream or
rhel 8 or almalinux 8, I'd like the names to reflect that.

> Troy
>
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 11:00 AM Mihai Moldovan <ionic at ionic.de> wrote:
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>> Hi
>>
>>
>> I've been looking at the current state of mock and noticed that EPEL 8 is
>> supported when based off the CentOS 8 repositories, but there is no EPEL Stream
>> 8 configuration or the like.
>>
>> Given that CentOS 8 is supposed to be EOL in half a year, what's the status on
>> using CentOS Stream 8 with EPEL?
>>
>> (Yes, I'm aware of the usual disclaimer that EPEL is handled by the Fedora
>> Project, but I figure that the overlap on this list is big enough.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Mihai
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