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On 05/03/2016 07:02 PM, Jan Chaloupka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since F17, golang started to get attention in Fedora distribution.
> Long way was travelled since with currently activelly maintaining f22+
> and el6 branches. The number of Go projects packaged in Fedora grown
> to more than 250 packages. The current effort is to keep in shape all
> activelly managed branches including el6. As the Golang language is
> spreading across new architectures, new challenges pop up. With 250
> packages in distribution we have a free source of Go source code to
> play with and run various analysis on. To see how the Golang compiler
> is doing on secondary architectures. To see how new OSes accept new
> versions of projects written in Go. Or be a witness to dynamic changes
> in Go community.
>
> Currently, we have Fedora, RHEL and CentOS in our disposal. It has
> been quite a ride to watch how all the projects evolve, what
> challenges they generate, questions they rise. With the infrastructure
> we have, with the variability of OSes and architectures, it is a
> perfect time to experiment and push the community further.
>
> A lot of work has been already done. I would like to continue with
> that effort and extend the currently maintained branches to epel7. It
> is a great opportunity to see how the Go actually works for all the
> projects on RHEL. The more projects we can test and run, the higher
> chance to discover bootlenecks we have. At the same time all the
> projects can be tested with newer version of Go compiler even before
> it gets into RHEL and fix the critical issues in advance.
>
> There are already some Go packages built in RHEL7. It has been one of
> the reasons in the air why it is not efortfull to maintain Go in
> epel7. Once a package gets into RHEL7, it has to be retired from
> epel7. Thus, it would generate an amount of work that would be thrown
> away. Still, it makes sense to keep both Fedora and RHEL in sync on a
> level of Go packaging.
>
> CentOS has its own collection of Go packages already. Another
> opportunity to test and run and see how everything works.
>
> For quite some time I have been working on gofed tool [1]. At the
> current state it is strongly oriented on packaging. With its help I am
> able to update and build Go packages on all affected branches with
> minimal effort. For that, I would like to extend the coverage to both
> epel7 and centos7. There are already BZs opened for epel7 packaging
> which should not be ignored.
>
> I would like to start with epel7. As there are just few Go packages
> with epel7 branch, it will require some time spent on generated
> requests for new branch and (re)building entire Go part of epel7. The
> primary aim is to backport devel subset of each Go project. It does
> not mean there will be no rpms with binaries. First, I would like to
> sync epel7 with Fedora rawhide. Then, start fixing all projects that
> fail to build. Any help on collection requirements for it is
> appreciated. There will be some collisions with Go packages already in
> RHEL7 so one needs to be carefull.
>
> Steps I suggest:
> 1) make a list of all Go packages that are missing epel7 branch and
> does not conflict with RHEL7
> 2) request for missing epel7 branches (at least 200)
> 3) backport all affected Go packages from Fedora rawhide to epel7
> 4) start fixing all failing tests and reporting issues to upstream
>
> There are other tasks that needs to be done or initiated:
> - start running unit-test in all Go packages periodically,
> - scan the distribution for broken or breaking packages
> - provider better feedback to developers
> - finish the Go packaging guidelines
>
> The current emphasis of the gofed tool is extend the concentration on
> ecosystem analysis. I have already implemented scans of the latest
> rpms in distribution. So the tool is already capable of collection
> basic information about Go projects we have. From the collected data,
> dependency graph among rpms can be constructed. And other analysis
> that are already there. Another step is "just" to start running all
> the scans and analysis periodically and collect the current state of
> the ecosystem.
>
> I would like to thank to all who have contributed and help making the
> Go ecosystem better. It is a lot of effort, a lot of free time spent
> and dreamless nights. Let's continue in the great work we have done so
> far.
>
> [1] https://github.com/gofed/gofed
>
> Kind regards
> Jan Chaloupka
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