On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 11:36 AM Ken Dreyer <ktdreyer(a)ktdreyer.com> wrote:
On Fri, Mar 1, 2019, 8:26 AM Richard Shaw <hobbes1069(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> Not replying to anyone in particular but just a nit for me...
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> I've been a Fedora packager for probably 10 years now (need to check!) but I
*STILL* don't really understand modules other than at a high level (it lets you use
dependencies that aren't available in the main repos). I've read through some of
the documentation but it's still not clear. I know I would have to crate some kind of
module file which I think tools could be developed to mostly automate (spec->module
template converter?).
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> While modularity is more of a Fedora thing I think it's sad that for more
standard tools I reference Arch documentation more often than Fedora documentation. Of
course there's the, "I could help with that" part and I might, but frankly I
can barely keep up with my packages between $DAYJOB, $FAMILY, Fedora, and RPM Fusion.
I'm there with you Richard. I don't really get how I can get started building a
module outside of the Fedora infrastructure's system (Koji or Copr).
I'm hoping this gets a lot clearer after modules come in RHEL 8 and we get concrete
examples.
This is a known gap. We're having a Modularity hackfest in Boston
right now and looking into how we're going to make this simpler and
easier. Stay tuned.