On 16 June 2014 21:29, Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:12:57 +0200
Simone Caronni <negativo17@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Another thing, there are packages that are spread into multiple
> upstream optional channels that make it impossible to include some
> packages in the distribution.
>
> One thread here:
>
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/epel-devel/2014-June/009600.html
>
> Releng ticket here:
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/5915

But thats NOT the case there... for some reason those packages aren't
appearing in koji buildroots, but they _ARE_ in the base repos.

So, there's a bug/issue there, but not the one you are thinking...

I was hoping to have the final trees setup before trying to debug this.

Well, the example in the bug is not the exact "proof" but there are other packages which are dispersed in the various channels, so I don't think adding only server-7 and server-7-optional as it is now would suffice.

 I was about to point to the RC trees (which included all the variants) but the link has been removed and in my Redhat account I only have Server and RHEV available; so I can't point you to the example. :(

By memory there was Server, Server-optional, Workstation, Workstation Optional, etc.

> As far as I know in CentOS all packages and subpackages are part of
> the distribution, so this could be another reason to wait for the
> CentOS release.

I don't think I follow here.

In previous releases CentOS was inserting in the distribution all the packages that make up the full spectrum of RHEL variants, so in version 6 it included for example the Workstation channel and a full Workstation was installable for CentOS 6 (in fact all the content never fit into 1 dvd). As far as I know they are not changing this policy.

By using CentOS as the basis and not RHEL 7 we could have all the channels that are not used at the moment for building.

Regards,
--Simone

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