On Fri, Jan 28, 2022, at 10:53, Neal Gompa wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 11:51 AM Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou at pingoured.fr> wrote: >> >> Good Morning Everyone, >> >> Nowadays we have different structures in the git repositories of the dist-git >> instance for CBS and for CentOS-Stream. >> >> CBS' dist-git (used by the SIG and for CentOS Linux 7, CentOS-Stream 8), uses >> something like: >> ├── .gitignore >> ├── .kernel.metadata >> ├── SOURCES >> │ ├─ .... >> │ ├── patch-5.14.0-redhat.patch >> │ ├─ ... >> │ └── x509.genkey.rhel >> └── SPECS >> └── kernel.spec >> >> Ie: patches and other sources in a SOURCES folder, spec in a SPECS folder and >> the link between the git repo and the lookaside cache is done via the >> `.<packagename>.metadata` file. >> >> source: https://git.centos.org/rpms/kernel/tree/c8s >> >> >> On CentOS-Stream 9, the structure is similar to Fedora's structure where >> everything is in the top directory. >> source: https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/kernel >> >> >> I was wondering if there has been some thoughts given on harmonizing these >> structures? I am particularly interested on changing them for SIG building on >> the top of CS9. It would make pulling changes from gitlab onto the SIG's repo a >> lot easier I believe. >> I suspect there may be some work to do for this and if I'm pointed to the right >> direction, I wouldn't mind having a look at it but first I'd like to know if >> it's a good idea :) >> >> So... what do you think? >> > > For the love of all things good, *please* change it to match Fedora! > Hyperscale gets burned badly by this because we regularly cross > between CBS and Fedora/EPEL. And now with CentOS Stream 9, we're > working with all three, and it's *extremely* annoying for workflow > automation. > > So if you can, *please* make git.centos.org use the same layout as > src.fedoraproject.org! To be clear, *downstream* sources that are dropped from RHEL will not be changing layouts. --Brian > > > > -- > 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel