EPEL 10 proposal

[Carl George]

Now that EPEL 9 is in full swing, I'd like to start planning ahead for
what comes next.  CentOS Stream 10 is expected to be available in
2024.  We should be able to start EPEL 10 around the same time.  Until
then, we have the opportunity to evaluate what we can improve in EPEL.

I am proposing a new workflow and structure for EPEL 10.  The high
level summary is for EPEL 10 to have unique branches, build targets,
and repos for each minor version of RHEL 10, including CentOS Stream
10 as the upcoming minor version.  This would be a significant change
from how EPEL works today, but I think it would address several pain
points for maintainers and users.  I am opening this topic for
discussion as early as possible before the EPEL 10 launch to gather
feedback.  Please note that this is currently just a proposal and has
yet to be voted on by the EPEL Steering Committee.

Please visit this thread on the Fedora Discussion site for the full proposal.

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/epel-10-proposal/44304

I would also ask that feedback be provided there instead of as email
replies here on the list.

[Maxwell G]

On Wed Nov 23, 2022 at 00:52 CST, Carl George wrote:
> I would also ask that feedback be provided there instead of as email
> replies here on the list.

I don't think there's been a formal discussion about moving EPEL
discussions over to the forums. We already have communication split
between the issue tracker and the ML, so I'm -1 to also adding the
forums. In general, I find it easier to keep up with and participate in
discussions on mailing lists than on forums. However, it seems to me
that this is just for this one proposal, so I guess my comment is off
topic.

--
Best,

Maxwell G (@gotmax23)
Pronouns: He/Him/His

[Carl George]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 2:27 PM Maxwell G via epel-devel
 wrote:
> On Wed Nov 23, 2022 at 00:52 CST, Carl George wrote:
> > I would also ask that feedback be provided there instead of as email
> > replies here on the list.
>
> I don't think there's been a formal discussion about moving EPEL
> discussions over to the forums. We already have communication split
> between the issue tracker and the ML, so I'm -1 to also adding the
> forums. In general, I find it easier to keep up with and participate in
> discussions on mailing lists than on forums. However, it seems to me
> that this is just for this one proposal, so I guess my comment is off
> topic.
>
> --
> Best,
>
> Maxwell G (@gotmax23)
> Pronouns: He/Him/His
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EPEL is part of Fedora.  discussion.fpo is one of the official places
to talk about Fedora things [0].  We already have an #epel tag there
with multiple posts [1].  The platform (discourse) has some support
for email if you prefer that.  On the tag page there is a bell icon
that lets you subscribe to a tag, which I believe will email you for
every topic started in that tag.  You can reply to topics by replying
to those emails.  The regular mailing lists are also a valid place to
discuss Fedora things, but in this instance I wanted to use
discussion.fpo for two specific reasons: 1) I wanted to use markdown
tables, and 2) I wanted to be able to edit the original post to add
FAQ items as feedback comes in.

[0] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/help/#_fedora_discussion
[1] https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/tag/epel