Hello maintainers,
seems like we are finally able to migrate to Fedora 35. If all the
necessary test pass, we should be OK to migrate tomorrow, 2022-01-25.
This also means that we'll finally run against rpkg-util v3+ == no way
back to auto_pack feature.
Pavel
On Friday, December 17, 2021 12:32:37 PM CET Pavel Raiskup wrote:
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
>
>