New gerrit repo needed

Mike Burns mburns at redhat.com
Thu Feb 9 20:26:10 UTC 2012


On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 08:38 +0200, Itamar Heim wrote:
> On 02/09/2012 05:07 AM, Mike Burns wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can I get a new gerrit repo added for ovirt-node-iso?  An empty repo
> > should be fine initially.
> >
> > The purpose of this repo is to package the ovirt-node iso image in an
> > rpm for delivery.  Ideally, this could be done as a sub-package of
> > ovirt-node, but there is a chicken and egg problem.  You need the
> > ovirt-node rpm in order to generate the iso which you need to build the
> > ovirt-node-iso rpm.  We also need to keep the generation of the
> > ovirt-node rpm and the iso image in separate steps so we could create
> > multiple images from a single ovirt-node rpm.  This would allow
> > something like an update to a package that isn't ovirt-node to be
> > included.  For example, if vdsm had a critical update, we need to be
> > able to regenerate the ovirt-node iso image without have to rebuild the
> > ovirt-node rpm.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mike
> >
> 
> I'm assuming the only issue is you want to keep the single package per 
> repo policy, rather than any technical/logistical issue with managing 
> the code?
> I have no problem creating it, it is same project as far as i am 
> concerned, just needs separation due to packaging.
> let's give a day for comments in case someone has an issue for some 
> reason, and I'll create it if no objections.
> karsten/ofer/barak/doron/anyone - thoughts/comments/issues/support?

Thanks!

Ownership should be the ovirt-node-maintainers group.

Mike
> 
> thanks,
>     Itamar
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