[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       openvswitch-discuss
Subject:    [ovs-discuss] maintaining fedora spec
From:       kmestery () cisco ! com (Kyle Mestery (kmestery))
Date:       2013-10-29 13:50:47
Message-ID: CC6516285E165D48ACB2CF4D9266006C2339B0DF () xmb-aln-x05 ! cisco ! com
[Download RAW message or body]

On Oct 29, 2013, at 7:13 AM, Flavio Leitner <fbl at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:51:22AM +0200, Lori Jakab wrote:
>> On 10/17/13 8:51 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 02:21:09PM -0300, Flavio Leitner wrote:
>>>> Since fedora has openvswitch packages available I wonder
>>>> if it makes sense to keep maintaining the same in
>>>> openvswitch package.
>>>> 
>>>> For instance, I've added systemd units to better integrate
>>>> with systemd. See this bug below:
>>>> Provide native systemd unit files and fix startup dependency
>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818754
>>>> 
>>>> Also this one:
>>>> Bug 1006412 - openvswitch fails to start
>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006412
>>>> 
>>>> The ovsdbmonitor package is now optional (dependency issues).
>>>> 
>>>> You can propose changes to the spec using bugzilla anyway.
>>>> 
>>>> Since the spec file is open and available in the internet,
>>>> can we drop it and its source files from the openvswitch
>>>> git repo?
>>> I think that the main purpose of the in-tree Fedora packaging is to
>>> provide a convenience to Fedora users.  If the packaging doesn't
>>> actually help Fedora users, then I agree that removing it seems like a
>>> good idea.
>>> 
>>> Do any other Fedora users have opinions to share?
>> I like the convenience of being able to build packages from any
>> revision of the source code.  It's useful in cases when I want to
>> install the same revision of OVS on several machines in a testbed.
>> Additionally it comes in handy if I want to create new OVS packages
>> on older Fedora releases.
>> 
>> Flavio, it would be nice if you could contribute your changes to the
>> spec files back to the ovs-dev mailing list (I saw in another thread
>> that you have an updated spec file for 2.0).
> 
> Sure, I am just trying to avoid duplicated work because fedora's spec
> has its own changelog, revisions, etc... and we support openvswitch
> from Fedora 18 to rawhide, so it's easy to get either the spec or
> the packages.
> 
> Anyway, you've a point. I'll start contributing with the spec changes
> to ovs-dev mailing list. 
> 
Apologies, I seem to have missed this thread earlier. I am the original
author of the Fedora RPM changes and I've been maintaining them in
upstream OVS. I'd like to keep the upstream RPM changes only because
as Lori says, it's nice to be able to build RPMs for Fedora out of the
upstream. I do this all the time for my development work.

Looking forward to reviewing your changes Flavio!

Thanks,
Kyle

> Thanks,
> fbl
> _______________________________________________
> discuss mailing list
> discuss at openvswitch.org
> http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss



[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]