Hi all,
since RHEL-6 beta 1 has been announced and made public we have started to work on getting epel-6 into shape.
At this point if you have a package that has an EL-5 branch that you do not want a EL-6 branch for please add a file in the EL-5 branch called nobranch, please put in the file a reason why. it could be as simple as "merged into foo in EL-6" we will not branch packages with them. there is a 2 week window to add the file. mass branching will take place on 14th May 2010. We will also not branch anything that is in AP or AP-optional. they are what will populate the buildroots.
Additionally if you have a package that does not have a EL-5 branch but you want a EL-6 one please add it to the wiki https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/6/Branches
Thanks
Dennis and the rest of the EPEL team
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 06:09:46PM +0000, Dennis Gilmore wrote:
Hi all,
At this point if you have a package that has an EL-5 branch that you do not want a EL-6 branch for please add a file in the EL-5 branch called nobranch, please put in the file a reason why. it could be as simple as "merged into foo
I'd prefer not to maintain any of my packages in EL-6. However there is no technical reason for that, only that I have left fedora, I don't plan, right now, to use EL-6, and I am certainly already a bad maintainer for EPEL.
So should I use that file, or is there another way for that kind of case?
-- Pat
On Thursday 29 April 2010 08:49:21 pm Patrice Dumas wrote:
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 06:09:46PM +0000, Dennis Gilmore wrote:
Hi all,
At this point if you have a package that has an EL-5 branch that you do not want a EL-6 branch for please add a file in the EL-5 branch called nobranch, please put in the file a reason why. it could be as simple as "merged into foo
I'd prefer not to maintain any of my packages in EL-6. However there is no technical reason for that, only that I have left fedora, I don't plan, right now, to use EL-6, and I am certainly already a bad maintainer for EPEL.
So should I use that file, or is there another way for that kind of case?
Best is to use the file. you could then post a list here and devel@ someone could be interested in taking it over, they could then remove the file and take over the package formally once branched.
Dennis
Will these files need to be added for applications that we have been contacted about being included in RHEL6?
-AdamM
On Friday 30 April 2010 10:40:39 am Adam Miller wrote:
Will these files need to be added for applications that we have been contacted about being included in RHEL6?
-AdamM
It wont hurt to add them. but ill be grabbing the names of all the srpms and excluding them also
Dennis
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