On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 1:03 PM Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 4:02 PM Neal Gompa <ngompa13@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 3:59 PM Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 3:46 PM Ken Dreyer <ktdreyer@ktdreyer.com> wrote:
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> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > The RHEL 9 composes do not have libev-devel and libuv-devel, so we
> > > cannot build python-gevent on EPEL 9 easily.
> >
> > https://odcs.stream.centos.org/production/CentOS-Stream-9-20210924.0/compose/CRB/x86_64/os/Packages/libuv-devel-1.42.0-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
> >
> > You could request libev-devel in the composes.  I remain confused why
> > it has to be in the compose though, because libev and it's devel
> > package are accessible in the CentOS Stream 9 buildroots today.
> >
>
> We can't use them in EPEL if they're not in CRB.

Yes, that's what everyone keeps telling me.  I don't understand why.

EPEL9 will not be built again CentOS Stream 9, it will be built off RHEL 9.  That is the EPEL policy.
Thus, if something is not in RHEL 9, it is not available to be built in EPEL 9.

It seems pretty straightforward.

Troy