On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:15:48 +0100
Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org> wrote:
Is there any forecast for if/when this is going to happen? I have a
bug waiting on this:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=553142
I was intending to clone a package from the workstation optional
packages in EPEL but need to see if they are going to be included in
the buildroots instead.
Yeah, currently my understanding of where we are at:
- Dennis is asking RHEL folks if there is now, or is going to be a
"Productivity" channel for RHEL6 server. If there is, we can use this
as we do in EPEL5 buildroots. That way everything works and everyone
can install things fine.
- If there isn't going to be such a channel, we are in a bit of a mess.
We can do:
a) Just say EPEL is sever only. Sorry workstation people. ;(
b) We can try and use both server/workstation to build against.
However, this means that some packages will require BOTH channels, and
if you have a workstation you can't install something that needs a
package from server and vice versa.
c) Do what you were suggesting and import only those workstation
packages we need to build/use our EPEL packages. However, this means we
are shipping a RHEL workstation rpm to server people, which might get
RHEL folks mad and want them to get a Workstation entitlement, etc.
d) Scrap everything when centos6 comes out and build against that. ;)
e) Your clever idea here.
So, we are mostly waiting right now to hear about the questions about
productivity. Sorry it's been a pain.
kevin