On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 2:01 PM Stephen Smoogen <ssmoo...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 at 13:50, Josh Boyer <jwbo...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 11:27 AM Neal Gompa <ngomp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 7:54 AM Josh Boyer <jwbo...@fedoraproject.org> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 1:43 AM Terry Barnaby <ter...@beam.ltd.uk> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > On 05/12/2022 16:00, Jarek Prokop wrote: >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > On 12/5/22 14:57, Peter Robinson wrote: >> > > > >> > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 12:01 PM Vitaly Zaitsev via devel >> > > > <devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: >> >> > > I wouldn't expect them to build for a Fedora version. I also wouldn't >> > > expect ISV software built against Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (or 8) to >> > > work on Fedora either. >> > > >> > >> > As a practical matter, I generally *do* expect them to be compatible >> > at some level. RHEL is a derivative of Fedora. Otherwise it gets very >> > difficult to use commercial software on a Fedora system. I know plenty >> > of ISVs that have a similar expectation. >> >> That compatibility degrades over time though. At this point in time, >> with RHEL 7 being almost 9 years old, I would not expect software >> built on RHEL 7 to work on any supported Fedora version. If it does >> work, that's fantastic and a testament to Fedora, but people should >> not have that expectation. Terry is politely asking for a policy that >> would set that expectation. I think the intention is good, but I >> don't believe it to be realistic. >> > > I think he would be happy with the policy spelled out in any form. Something > like: > > While the Fedora Project is the upstream of CentOS Stream and Red Hat > Enterprise Linux, it does not give any guarantees of its releases being > compatible with either. Software built in either may not work due to missing > dependencies, changes in kernel, compile time or library options, or similar > issues.
Ah! Yes, making that clear would be good. josh >> To perhaps illustrate the point further, Red Hat Enterprise Linux does >> not support applications built on version X-1 running on X unless it >> is constrained to using a very very small set of dependencies (glibc, >> libgcc/libstdc++, and a few smaller libraries). Again, it may work >> fine but the expectation and support policies set for RHEL are >> (simplified) build on X, run on X where X is within a major version. >> Our full documentation on this is available in the Application >> Compatibility Guides. >> >> josh >> _______________________________________________ >> devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> Fedora Code of Conduct: >> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> Do not reply to spam, report it: >> https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > > > > -- > Stephen Smoogen, Red Hat Automotive > Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle. -- > Ian MacClaren > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
