On Wed, 2021-11-03 at 16:20 -0500, Brian Stinson wrote: > Hi Folks, > > With CentOS Stream 9 we are publishing SIG content separately from OS > content to make things easier to deliver > ( > http://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/ > vs. > http://mirror.stream.centos.org/SIGs/ > ). Everything under the 9-stream > directory corresponds to a repository in RHEL and repo files are > included by default in centos-stream-repos at install time. > > Currently (in CentOS Linux) SIGs build their own repo files into > centos-release-<sig> packages and ask for their release in CentOS > Extras. We also ship things like epel-release and elrepo-release in > Extras. I'd like to continue this in Stream 9 but make things a > little > bit easier for SIGs to self-manage their repo packages. > > Proposal: > - Extras will continue but as a SIG repository, including the > appropriate tags in CBS, and a separate gpg key > - Extras, beginning with Stream 9, will not contain any other content > besides repo packages > - Extras will be the only SIG repo included in centos-stream repos > (to > allow folks to dnf install other repo packages) > - Each SIG leader (or a designate) will be an ex-officio member of > the > group, allowed to tag centos-release-<sig> packages in for publishing > - Other repositories (like EPEL) may also have a member designated to > manage its release package > > If this is something SIG leaders are interested in, I will take a > formal proposal to the board for sponsorship. Any comments? This sounds good to me and should definitely make things easier for SIGs. Thanks! Cheers Davide