On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 08:21:36AM +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote:
Hello,
When using custom side tags like this:
$ fedpkg request-side-tag
$ fedpkg chain-build --target f38-build-side-... ...
One of the obstacles is that the initial waitrepo for the job takes a lot of
time, (e.g. 10+ minutes). That is not comfortable for the package maintainer
-- it's faster to use buildroot overrides.
I wonder if the initial createrepo could be skipped entirely by symlinking /
copying / using the already available repository from the base (parent) tag.
That could make this workflow more attractive.
The sidetag plugin code is in upstream koji. This sounds like a great
RFE for koji then?
I don't know why it's not done that way, there might be a reason or
might be an oversight, but please file a RFE on it? :)
Side note: I recall when normal newrepos took like 40-45min (and we had
a lot less packages then), so 10min seems nice to me. But I agree if it
could be made mostly instant that would be great for this case.
kevin