On May 16, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Niels de Vos wrote:
> Hello,
>
> in #gluster on Freenode, we discussed a little if GlusterFS is allowed in EPEL-6.
EPEL-5 is not affected as Red Hat does not provide packages for GlusterFS on RHEL-5.
>
> The policy that may forbid GlusterFS in EPEL-6:
>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies#Policy mentions
"packages from EPEL should never replace packages from the target base distribution -
including those on the base distribution as well as layered products".
>
> The Red Hat Storage product that includes GlusterFS is like an appliance. Customers
who buy a subscription get access to a DVD download of RHEL-6.2.z (Extended Update
Support, EUS) with the packages from an additional RHN-ChildChannel. It is not
possible/intended/supported to use this RHN-ChildChannel without installing your system
from the "Red Hat Storage" DVD. Therefore this RHN-ChildChannel is a little
different from other layered products.
>
> The first time a Red Hat product that includes GlusterFS was released in November
2011. EPEL-6 already contained the GlusterFS packages. The EPEL-policy was not harmed, but
now GlusterFS is made available by Red Hat, and it is possible to have two sources for
GlusterFS (one being EPEL-6, the other through the Red Hat Storage ChildChannel).
>
> The question I have now:
> Is it needed to block the glusterfs package from EPEL-6? Even if most RHEL users will
not have access to EUS channel(s) that contain the glusterfs packages?
>
My understanding is that glusterfs does not (and preferably for me at least) should not
be removed:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#How_can_I_know_which_packages_are_...
states what packages should be considered as a conflict, .. I thought some where was page
that
exactly dealt with the extra RHEL streams however the Guidelines link you posted suggest
I may be wrong though
given the binary derivatives don't genrally distribute these extra streams its a bit
of a tall order.
See:
It may not be a problem for binary derivatives of RHEL if they don't
provide glusterfs packages. But this may be a problem for people who use
the Red Hat Storage bits.
Cheers,
Niels