On 2017-05-11 13:29, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am interested to build an EPEL for i686 to support my CentOS 7 AltArch
>> i686 setup.
>>
>> I know you are following RHEL's roadmap and i686 platform is not supported
>> officially, but I am asking how I can start with this and be fully compliant
>> with your processes.
>>
>> Idea 1 - EPEL will connect to CentOS AltArch SIG to support i686 builds to
>> get an official packages.
>>
>> Idea 2 - I will take EPEL 7 SRPMS and build i686 on my own and not use the
>> EPEL name for produced packages, but something else instead (AltPEL, APEL,
>> ...) to not confuse EPEL users.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> This has been discussed a LOT. I suggest checking back through the
>> list archives and meeting notes for details.
>>
>> To summarise the problem that needs to be fixed is basically this: EL7
>> moves quite a bit faster than older releases and rebases libraries
>> quite regularly so often packages need to be rebuilt when a new
>> release comes out. Problem is it takes some time for i686/ARMv7 to
>> catch up for the core release so we would end up in a situation where
>> things could be rebuild against two different versions, when the
>> secondary arches catch up they'll then be broken.
>>
>> The problem is quite well detailed, the problem is those that want the
>> fix don't seem to be interested in doing the work to get it. those
>> that could do it don't have the time or the interest in those
>> architectures on EPEL.
>>
>> Peter
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>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> So I will search though the lists and also I will start with Idea 2 (already
>> prepared a build host for i686) to give it a try.
>>
>> Initially, I will need to check how many packages are architecture-dependent
>> so see how much effort it will require to get a reasonable output.
>>
>> Building i686/ARM7 should not be bigger problem if the build setup supports
>> it.
>>
>> Got some RPis at home, so I will test and update this thread later...
>>
>> Regarding the name - if I publish the repository and use AltPEL or APEL, is
>> it OK for you?
> As long as it's not EPEL and I don't get bug reports for it I'm not
> overly bothered but others might comment here
Ok, thanks :-)
//Zdenek