On 2017-05-11 11:58, Peter Robinson wrote: > On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Zdenek Sedlak <d...@apgrco.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am interested to build an EPEL for i686 to support my CentOS 7 AltArch >> i686 setup. >> >> I know you are following RHEL's roadmap and i686 platform is not supported >> officially, but I am asking how I can start with this and be fully compliant >> with your processes. >> >> Idea 1 - EPEL will connect to CentOS AltArch SIG to support i686 builds to >> get an official packages. >> >> Idea 2 - I will take EPEL 7 SRPMS and build i686 on my own and not use the >> EPEL name for produced packages, but something else instead (AltPEL, APEL, >> ...) to not confuse EPEL users. >> >> What do you think? > This has been discussed a LOT. I suggest checking back through the > list archives and meeting notes for details. > > To summarise the problem that needs to be fixed is basically this: EL7 > moves quite a bit faster than older releases and rebases libraries > quite regularly so often packages need to be rebuilt when a new > release comes out. Problem is it takes some time for i686/ARMv7 to > catch up for the core release so we would end up in a situation where > things could be rebuild against two different versions, when the > secondary arches catch up they'll then be broken. > > The problem is quite well detailed, the problem is those that want the > fix don't seem to be interested in doing the work to get it. those > that could do it don't have the time or the interest in those > architectures on EPEL. > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > epel-devel mailing list -- epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to epel-devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Thanks for your reply.
So I will search though the lists and also I will start with Idea 2 (already prepared a build host for i686) to give it a try. Initially, I will need to check how many packages are architecture-dependent so see how much effort it will require to get a reasonable output. Building i686/ARM7 should not be bigger problem if the build setup supports it. Got some RPis at home, so I will test and update this thread later... Regarding the name - if I publish the repository and use AltPEL or APEL, is it OK for you? //Zdenek
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