Re: selinux-policy package versioning change

[Zdenek Pytela]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:45 PM justina colmena ~biz <justina(a)colmena.biz&gt;
wrote:

>  I'm still a little bit confused about the SELinux targeted
> policy
>  "development" process versus the actual "roll-out," implementation,
> and
>  deployment not only to Fedora on the deskop, but to various distributions
>  of
>  "CentOS" or commercial installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
>  "in
>  the cloud" especially on OpenVZ or other shared-kernel virtualization
>  technologies as the case may be for businesses and end users who might
>  otherwise benefit from SELinux Mandatory Access Control policies built in
>  to
>  the Linux kernel.
>  
Most of the development happens in the rawhide github branch and selected
commits subsequently go to stable Fedora releases as well as to Centos
Stream and RHEL. There is no package difference between various Fedora
editions and spins for the same version.


>  On Monday, March 29, 2021 11:56:23 AM AKDT Zdenek Pytela wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > We plan to change the versioning scheme of the selinux-policy packages.
>  >
>  > Based on a request to using tags in selinux-policy github repo, we
>  > discussed further actions and possible automation and decided to couple
>  the
>  > tags with the package version, together with making a change for better
>  > comprehensibility.
>  >
>  > So far, the package version changed with branching a new Fedora release
>  off
>  > rawhide (e. g. 3.14.6 to 3.14.7), and the release part of the NVR scheme
>  > was used for updates (3.14.7-1). After the change, the version would
>  > contain the Fedora branch number and the sequential number of the package
>  > in the branch (34.1), and the release part would be used only for changes
>  > in packaging (34.1-1). It would apply to Fedora 34 and newer.
>  >
>  > In github repo, tags matching the Fedora package version would be used
>  > (v34.1), pairing the latest commit in github with the latest commit in
>  the
>  > package (34.1-1).
>  >
>  > We do not expect any impact to end users neither to developers unless the
>  > exact version was used somewhere. If there are no objections, we will
>  make
>  > the change in a week time.
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>
>  
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Zdenek Pytela
Security SELinux team

selinux-policy package versioning change

[James Cassell]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021, at 3:56 PM, Zdenek Pytela wrote:
>  
>  
>  On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:45 PM justina colmena ~biz 
>  <justina(a)colmena.biz&gt; wrote:
>  > I'm still a little bit confused about the SELinux targeted policy 
>  > "development" process versus the actual "roll-out,"
> implementation, and 
>  > deployment not only to Fedora on the deskop, but to various distributions of 
>  > "CentOS" or commercial installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
> "in 
>  > the cloud" especially on OpenVZ or other shared-kernel virtualization 
>  > technologies as the case may be for businesses and end users who might 
>  > otherwise benefit from SELinux Mandatory Access Control policies built in to 
>  > the Linux kernel.
>  Most of the development happens in the rawhide github branch and 
>  selected commits subsequently go to stable Fedora releases as well as 
>  to Centos Stream and RHEL. There is no package difference between 
>  various Fedora editions and spins for the same version. 
Would the RHEL 9 package have version 34 under this scheme?

V/r,
James Cassell

selinux-policy package versioning change

[Zdenek Pytela]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 12:19 AM James Cassell <fedoraproject(a)cyberpear.com&gt;
wrote:

>  On Tue, Mar 30, 2021, at 3:56 PM, Zdenek Pytela wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:45 PM justina colmena ~biz
>  > <justina(a)colmena.biz&gt; wrote:
>  > > I'm still a little bit confused about the SELinux targeted policy
>  > > "development" process versus the actual "roll-out,"
> implementation,
>  and
>  > > deployment not only to Fedora on the deskop, but to various
>  distributions of
>  > > "CentOS" or commercial installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
>  (RHEL) "in
>  > > the cloud" especially on OpenVZ or other shared-kernel virtualization
>  > > technologies as the case may be for businesses and end users who might
>  > > otherwise benefit from SELinux Mandatory Access Control policies built
>  in to
>  > > the Linux kernel.
>  > Most of the development happens in the rawhide github branch and
>  > selected commits subsequently go to stable Fedora releases as well as
>  > to Centos Stream and RHEL. There is no package difference between
>  > various Fedora editions and spins for the same version.
>
>  Would the RHEL 9 package have version 34 under this scheme?
>  
RHEL 9 inherits packages from Fedora 34 now, so yes.


>  V/r,
>  James Cassell
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Zdenek Pytela
Security SELinux team