epel-playground.repo installed by epel8 version of epel-release package?

[Merlin Mathesius]

Greetings.

This was discussed a bit in the #epel channel, but it was suggested I take
it to the list...

While adding the epel-modular.repo file to the epel8 branch of the
epel-release package, I noticed that the package was installing
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel-playground.repo (although with enabled=0)--which
seemed a little out of place.

The question came up whether the epel8 version of the epel-release
package should be installing that repo file at all, or whether it should be
completely dropped and only be installed by the epel8-playground version of
the epel-release package.

Are there any opinions about dropping the epel-playground.repo file from
the epel8 branch of the epel-release package? Or leave it as is?

I can see one potential use case where someone could run dnf
--enablerepo=epel-playground update epel-release as a way to switch from
the standard to playground repos.

Merlin

[Troy Dawson]

That's how I enable epel8-playground, as does anyone who currently
used KDE on RHEL8.
(I honestly don't know how many are using kde from epel8, so I have no
idea how large that number is)

Do we have documentation on how to use epel8-playground if you remove this file?

Troy

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 1:09 PM Merlin Mathesius <mmathesi(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  Greetings.
>
>  This was discussed a bit in the #epel channel, but it was suggested I take it to the
> list...
>
>  While adding the epel-modular.repo file to the epel8 branch of the epel-release package,
> I noticed that the package was installing /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-playground.repo (although
> with enabled=0)--which seemed a little out of place.
>
>  The question came up whether the epel8 version of the epel-release package should be
> installing that repo file at all, or whether it should be completely dropped and only be
> installed by the epel8-playground version of the epel-release package.
>
>  Are there any opinions about dropping the epel-playground.repo file from the epel8 branch
> of the epel-release package? Or leave it as is?
>
>  I can see one potential use case where someone could run dnf --enablerepo=epel-playground
> update epel-release as a way to switch from the standard to playground repos.
>
>  Merlin
>
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[Merlin Mathesius]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 3:40 PM Troy Dawson <tdawson(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:

>  That's how I enable epel8-playground, as does anyone who
> currently
>  used KDE on RHEL8.
>  (I honestly don't know how many are using kde from epel8, so I have no
>  idea how large that number is)
>
>  Do we have documentation on how to use epel8-playground if you remove this
>  file?
>  
There doesn't seem to be much documentation about enabling/using the
epel8-playground repo at all. However, my web searches turned up a few
references about using the dnf --enablerepo=epel-playground install ...
method to grab experimental packages.


>  Troy
>
>  On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 1:09 PM Merlin Mathesius <mmathesi(a)redhat.com&gt;
>  wrote:
>  >
>  > Greetings.
>  >
>  > This was discussed a bit in the #epel channel, but it was suggested I
>  take it to the list...
>  >
>  > While adding the epel-modular.repo file to the epel8 branch of the
>  epel-release package, I noticed that the package was installing
>  /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-playground.repo (although with enabled=0)--which
>  seemed a little out of place.
>  >
>  > The question came up whether the epel8 version of the epel-release
>  package should be installing that repo file at all, or whether it should be
>  completely dropped and only be installed by the epel8-playground version of
>  the epel-release package.
>  >
>  > Are there any opinions about dropping the epel-playground.repo file from
>  the epel8 branch of the epel-release package? Or leave it as is?
>  >
>  > I can see one potential use case where someone could run dnf
>  --enablerepo=epel-playground update epel-release as a way to switch from
>  the standard to playground repos.
>  >
>  > Merlin
>  >
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[Troy Dawson]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 2:13 PM Merlin Mathesius <mmathesi(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 3:40 PM Troy Dawson <tdawson(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
> >
> > That's how I enable epel8-playground, as does anyone who currently
> > used KDE on RHEL8.
> > (I honestly don't know how many are using kde from epel8, so I have no
> > idea how large that number is)
> >
> > Do we have documentation on how to use epel8-playground if you remove this file?
>
>
>  There doesn't seem to be much documentation about enabling/using the epel8-playground
> repo at all. However, my web searches turned up a few references about using the dnf
> --enablerepo=epel-playground install ... method to grab experimental packages.
>  
Sounds like we need to leave it where it is.

> >
> > Troy
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 1:09 PM Merlin Mathesius <mmathesi(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
> > >
> > > Greetings.
> > >
> > > This was discussed a bit in the #epel channel, but it was suggested I take it to
> the list...
> > >
> > > While adding the epel-modular.repo file to the epel8 branch of the epel-release
> package, I noticed that the package was installing /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-playground.repo
> (although with enabled=0)--which seemed a little out of place.
> > >
> > > The question came up whether the epel8 version of the epel-release package
> should be installing that repo file at all, or whether it should be completely dropped and
> only be installed by the epel8-playground version of the epel-release package.
> > >
> > > Are there any opinions about dropping the epel-playground.repo file from the
> epel8 branch of the epel-release package? Or leave it as is?
> > >
> > > I can see one potential use case where someone could run dnf
> --enablerepo=epel-playground update epel-release as a way to switch from the standard to
> playground repos.
> > >
> > > Merlin
> > >
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