Re: rpkg-util v3 change, moving copr builders to F35

Hello all, just a quick update on this topic. This took a bit more time than I originally expected, but I was able to test that configuration. Please expect that step 2 happens on Monday, 2021-12-20 (I don't want to break things just when weekend starts).

For more info see the previous email, and we should be able to help you next week with the migration on #fedora-buildsys, when needed. Also, the step 3 will be delayed at least by 20 days, so you still have the 1-month transition period. Sorry for inconvenience, Pavel On Friday, November 19, 2021 9:44:51 AM CET Pavel Raiskup wrote: > we are currently preparing Copr build system for migration to Fedora 35, > including the builder workers. > > There's though, at least from the builder perspective, a major `rpkg-util` > behavior change [1] (removal of `auto_pack` feature) that many of the Copr > projects rely on. This is a bit unexpected as `auto_pack = True` has been > the default in Copr for a long time, and the rpkg-util upstream intentions > behind the feature were generally misunderstood (even in Copr team). > > That being said, some of the currently working builds on F34 would fail > after the migration to F35. > > In order to make the migration a bit less dramatic, we plan to migrate in > the following steps: > > 1. Document the feature drop and possible fixes/workarounds see [1], and > properly announce the change in advance (here we are _now_). > > 2. Change the default, and turn off the `auto_pack` feature for > relatively short period of time on the current F34 builders > (ie autopack=False). This will happen soon in December 2021. > The change will naturally trigger the build failures, but a bit > earlier so users will be informed sooner ... with a _temporary_ > work-around in hand => everyone can provide the file > <git-root>/rpkg.conf upstream, and opt-in the old behavior with with > content like: > > [rpkg] > # temporary work-around for rpkg-util v2, auto_pack is going to be > # removed soon! See: > # https://docs.pagure.org/copr.copr/rpkg_util_2_vs_3.html#rpkg-util-v3 > auto_pack = True > > 3. Migrate to Fedora 35, early in January 2022. This will make the > `auto_pack = True` work-around non-working, and users will have to > adapt, again, see [1]. > > Of course, anyone is encouraged to migrate to the new syntax **right now**, > sooner the better. If done correctly, package can be built both with rpkg-util > v2 and v3 [2]. > > Sorry for inconvenience! Any comment, idea or help is welcome! > > [1] https://docs.pagure.org/copr.copr/rpkg_util_2_vs_3.html#rpkg-util-v3 > [2] https://pagure.io/copr/copr-hello/c/739ff9910ee8a9c76d7e97de2f6176106dc19... > > Pavel > >