On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 12:21 PM Jan Kurik <jku...@redhat.com> wrote:
> = Proposed System Wide Change: Let's Label Our Variants! = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Label_Our_Variants > Owner(s): > * Matthew Miller <mattdm fedoraproject org> > * Mohan Boddu <mohanboddu fedoraproject org> > Start using the VARIANT and VARIANT_ID fields in /etc/os-release for > Spins, Labs and the base container image rather than just the main > Fedora Editions. > == Detailed description == > Right now, we use the VARIANT field (and machine-readable VARIANT_ID) > in /etc/os-release) only for the main Fedora Editions (and Fedora > Cloud Base, because of its history as an edition previously). This > means we can't tell the difference between a KDE desktop spin, a > container image, or just a generic netinstall constructed into a > custom system unlike any of our various flavors. Let's start using it > widely. Variant definitions seem like they're really only valid for things like install media and container images. They express intent well enough for what the spin or Edition is for, but after installation the package set deviates widely. We can't assume something that has the Server variant in /etc/os-release is actually representative of anything Fedora ships as Server without doing a package comparison along the way. If we're using variant to count anything, I think we need to scope it only to "initial installations". josh > == Scope == > * Proposal owners: > Update the fedora-release package with subpackages for the various > non-edition outputs. The "convert-to-edition" script may also be > extended to handle non-editions, but this is not a required part of > this change proposal. > * Other developers: > Maintainers of spins and labs will need to add the appropriate > fedora-release-… subpackage to the appropriate kickstart file or comps > group. > * Release engineering: > Release Engineering owns the fedora-release package. > * List of deliverables: > Workstation and Server deliverables already contain this, and so are > not affected. The KDE Plasma Desktop Spin will be changed. There is no > overall change to the list of deliverables itself. > * Policies and guidelines: > There was a previous decision to only do this for Editions. This > change would update that. We would also update the Spins documentation > to add this as a new step in that pricess. > * Trademark approval: > not needed for this Change > -- > Jan Kuřík > JBoss EAP Program Manager > Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
