Re: EPEL, RHEL-5Server and RHEL-5Client...

[Joel Andres Granados <jgranado redhat com>]

Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 17.07.2007 14:52, Joel Andres Granados wrote:
>   
> > Joel Andres Granados wrote:
> >     
> > > Regarding the python-imaging package...
> > > What is the matter with including the 1.1.6 version in EPEL/el5?  does 
> > > it break anything?
> > > Both Plone and python-docutils (deps in EPEL) use the Image library 
> > > from PIL and this library does not have any
> > > backward compatibility issues.  additionally, RHEL5-client has no 
> > > package that depends on
> > > python-imaging.  So I say KISS, and ship 1.1.6 with the EPEL/el5.  I 
> > > know it goes against the EPEL policies,
> > > but I think its much better that messing with nvr.
> > >       
> > And what about EPEL/e4, the EPEL wiki says to use code form fedora core 
> > 3.
> >     
>
> That the advice, yes.
>
>   
> > [...]
> > Moreover, is there an additional way to build EPEL packages.
> > I'm following 
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/UpdatingPackageHowTo 
> > wiki for the builds.  Is this correct?
> >     
>
> The old Extras procedure applies; e.g. update cvs, run "make tag build";
> koji and bodi, which are used for F-7 and rawhide are not yet used for EPEL.
>   

^^^^ this is really nice to know,  I am familiar with the EPEL way of 
doing it.  Can you direct me to the
wiki, tutorial or info page.
Thx.

> CU
> thl
>
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