[rdo-dev] Bringing OpenStack back to Fedora

Ken Dreyer kdreyer at redhat.com
Tue Jul 24 14:56:05 UTC 2018


Hi Wesley, any more information to share on this?

Where should we look for updates?

- Ken

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:51 AM, Wesley Hayutin <whayutin at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 9:06 AM Neal Gompa <ngompa13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> It's been several years since OpenStack has been part of the Fedora
>> distribution. Since then, a number of things have changed.
>>
>> Some of the major ones:
>> * Python packaging has gotten better and easier in Fedora (the changes are
>> numerous)
>> * RDO now has Software Factory and full-range CI capabilities
>> * Fedora has CI hook support for packaging (with the transition to Pagure
>> dist-git)
>> * OpenStack and Fedora schedules line up again:
>> https://releases.openstack.org/
>>
>> In my view, it's a huge shame that we don't offer OpenStack for people to
>> use on Fedora, integrated with the latest software. OpenStack distribution
>> on other distros are able to pull this off, and I feel like we should be
>> able to as well.
>>
>> So what I want to know is the following:
>> * What are the (real or perceived) difficulties in packaging OpenStack for
>> Fedora?
>> * How difficult would it be to adapt RDO CI tooling to plug into Fedora
>> Dist-Git?
>> * How many of the underlying dependencies exist in Fedora today that were
>> forked into CentOS for RDO and which ones?
>> * What dependencies are in RDO that don't exist in Fedora?
>>
>> I'm willing to help with a lot of the packaging stuff, including adapting
>> packages for Fedora, and helping with reviews to bring stuff back in. I
>> firmly believe that maintenance of OpenStack in Fedora should be far
>> easier
>> than it was three years ago, when it was ripped out.
>
>
> Hey Neal,
> There is actually some planning and discussions around RDO and Fedora going
> on atm.  I suspect there will be some updates to this list in the near
> future.
>
> Thanks
>
>>
>>
>> So help me... Help you!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Neal
>>
>> --
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