On 4/28/20 1:06 PM, David wrote:
I have nunerous Linux newbie questions, just using "bind" as a package example.
The new 9.16 test-version of "bind" is considered "upstream.". Right ?
No, "upstream" is the project supplying the source code. "dnf info bind" gives https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/ as the project url.
Is 9.17 "further upstream" ?
"upstream" has nothing to do with the version.
What factors will play out by the person choosing to replace the current version of "bind" in the Rawhide repo" with a later version ?
For rawhide, mostly just does it work and does it break anything else.
Will that version be latest 9.16 described in the author's email. I am assuming that the author of the email, Mr. Menšík, is not the bind package-manager in Fedora.
I have already deleted the original email, but my assumption is that he *is* the maintainer for bind in Fedora.
And finally, what would happen in Fedora 32, for "bind" to get a point-relase update ?
Successful testing in rawhide and generally no large changes between versions.
Any helpful insights related to packaging procedures for newbies would be of interest. I have no clue what one does to compile a or build a package.
That is a huge topic. I don't know where to start with that. I use "rpmbuild" for my purposes, but I've seen it mentioned that "mock" is the recommended way to build. Actual packages for Fedora get built in koji. https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/ There are a set of command line utilities for managing packages and running builds.