Hi,

Sorry, this may be a little Off-topic but we notice that lame package
from RHEL 8 (1) is not shipping lame package with binaries and in this
case lame-devel is provided along with lame-libs , can we apply the
same rules ? is completely a different situation ? 


(1)
https://git.centos.org/rpms/lame/blob/c8/f/SPECS/lame.spec


On Thu, 2021-07-01 at 15:05 -0700, Troy Dawson wrote:
> I believe this is a recommendation, versus a policy.
> I wanted to get people's thoughts on it, and if ya'll like it, put it
> in the documentation.
> ----
> In Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, Red Hat decided to not ship all
> packages that are built from RHEL spec files.  This will also be true
> of RHEL 9, and possibly future RHEL releases.  These missing packages
> are usually -devel packages and may impact an EPEL package build.
> If your EPEL package is impacted by a missing -devel package, do the
> following.
> 
> 1 - Request the package be added to RHEL 8 and 9 CRB repository.  
> -- To initiate this process, please file a bug in
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com and request it be added to RHEL 8 and 9.
> Report the bug against the "CentOS Stream" version of the "Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux 8" and/or "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9" product. 
> -- Be sure to say that it is impacting an EPEL build, and which package
> it is impacting.
> 
> 2 - Create an epel package that only has the missing packages.
> -- Be prepared to maintain this package as long as it is needed.
> -- It is recommended that you name it <package>-epel
> -- It is recommended that you add the epel-packaging-sig group as a co-
> maintainer
> -- It qualifies for an exception to the review process[1] so you can
> request the repo with
> --- fedpkg request-repo --exception <package>-epel
> -- If you need help building this, ask for help.  We have some
> examples.
> 
> 3 - When/If the missing package(s) are added to RHEL CRB, retire your -
> epel package.
> 
> ---
> Sorry, this is a little rushed.  I wanted to get something out sooner,
> rather than later.
> 
> Troy
> 
> [1] -
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ReviewGuidelines/#_package_review_process
>   - Third bullet point

-- 
Sérgio M. B.
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