diff --git a/README-epel-8-packaging.md b/README-epel-8-packaging.md index c835254..91b2712 100644 --- a/README-epel-8-packaging.md +++ b/README-epel-8-packaging.md @@ -52,50 +52,15 @@ other EPEL or Fedora branches. ## EPEL Playground -We have added an additional set of channels for EPEL-8 called -playground. It is meant to be sort of like Fedora Rawhide so that -packagers can work on versions of software which are too fast moving -or will have large API changes from what they are putting in the -regular channel. - -To try and make this transparent, we have made it so when a package is -built in epel8 it will normally also be built in -epel8-playground. This is done via a packages.cfg file which lists the -targets for fedpkg to build against. A successful package build will -then go through 2 different paths: - -* epel8 package will go into bodhi to be put into epel8-testing -* epel8-playground will bypass bodhi and go directly into - epel8-playground the next compose. - -If a packager needs to focus only on epel8 or epel8-playground they -can edit packages.cfg to change the ```target= epel8 -epel8-playground``` to ```target= epel8 ```. - -Packages in epel8-playground are primarily to be used in the following -manner: - -* To test out some new version of the package that might not be stable - yet. - -* To test out some new packaging of the package - -* To test a major version change of the package that they want to land - at the next epel8 minor release. - -* To build a package that will never be stable enough for epel8, but - still could be useful to some. - -* At minor RHEL releases (ie, 8.1, 8.2) people can pull in big changes - from playground to the main epel8 packages. Since people will be - upgrading and paying more attention than usual anyhow at those - points, it’s a great chance to do that change, but also you want to - make sure it’s panned out, so you can test before hand in - playground. - -Consumers should be aware that packages in EPEL8-playground are there -without any Service Level Expectations. You may want to only cherry -pick packages from there as needed. +EPEL Playground was shut down in January 2022 + +EPEL 8 Playground was a place that developers and maintainers could +"play around" with updated, or changed packages in epel. EPEL Playground +never really worked out and ended up being more burden than helpful. + +If developers or maintainers want something similar to EPEL Playground +we recommend Fedora COPR, which has availability for EPEL builds. + ## Developer request for branching multiple packages diff --git a/epel-playground.repo b/epel-playground.repo deleted file mode 100644 index 90fdc98..0000000 --- a/epel-playground.repo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -[epel-playground] -name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux $releasever - Playground - $basearch -# It is much more secure to use the metalink, but if you wish to use a local mirror -# place its address here. -#baseurl=https://download.example/pub/epel/playground/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os -metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=playground-epel$releasever&arch=$basearch&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir -enabled=0 -gpgcheck=1 -countme=1 -gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8 - -[epel-playground-debuginfo] -name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux $releasever - Playground - $basearch - Debug -# It is much more secure to use the metalink, but if you wish to use a local mirror -# place its address here. -#baseurl=https://download.example/pub/epel/playground/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/debug/tree -metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=playground-debug-epel$releasever&arch=$basearch&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir -enabled=0 -gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8 -gpgcheck=1 - -[epel-playground-source] -name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux $releasever - Playground - $basearch - Source -# It is much more secure to use the metalink, but if you wish to use a local mirror -# place its address here. -#baseurl=https://download.example/pub/epel/playground/$releasever/Everything/source/tree/ -metalink=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=playground-source-epel$releasever&arch=$basearch&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir -enabled=0 -gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8 -gpgcheck=1 diff --git a/epel-release.spec b/epel-release.spec index 4578940..fb299ea 100644 --- a/epel-release.spec +++ b/epel-release.spec @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Name: epel-release Version: 8 -Release: 13%{dist} +Release: 14%{dist} Summary: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository configuration License: GPLv2 @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Source100: epel.repo Source101: epel-testing.repo Source102: epel-next.repo Source103: epel-next-testing.repo -Source104: epel-playground.repo Source105: epel-modular.repo Source106: epel-testing-modular.repo @@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE0} \ # yum install -dm 755 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/yum.repos.d -install -pm 644 %{SOURCE100} %{SOURCE101} %{SOURCE102} %{SOURCE103} %{SOURCE104} %{SOURCE105} %{SOURCE106} \ +install -pm 644 %{SOURCE100} %{SOURCE101} %{SOURCE102} %{SOURCE103} %{SOURCE105} %{SOURCE106} \ %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/yum.repos.d install -pm 644 -D %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-preset/90-epel.preset @@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ install -pm 644 -D %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-preset/9 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/yum.repos.d/epel-modular.repo %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/yum.repos.d/epel-testing-modular.repo -%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/yum.repos.d/epel-playground.repo %{_sysconfdir}/pki/rpm-gpg/* %{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-preset/90-epel.preset @@ -82,6 +80,10 @@ install -pm 644 -D %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-preset/9 %changelog +* Fri Jan 28 2022 Troy Dawson - 8-14 +- Remove epel8-playground repo +- Update playground section in README-epel-8-packaging.md + * Fri Sep 03 2021 Mohan Boddu - 8-13 - Change the baseurl to point to source/tree for srpms