Re: release repo structure and 3.3.2

From: "David Caro" <dcaroest(a)redhat.com&gt; To: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl(a)redhat.com&gt; Cc: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt;, "infra" <infra(a)ovirt.org&gt;, "Kiril Nesenko" <kiril(a)redhat.com&gt; Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 5:47:59 PM Subject: Re: release repo structure and 3.3.2 El mié 15 ene 2014 16:30:00 CET, Alon Bar-Lev escribió: > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Caro" <dcaroest(a)redhat.com&gt; >> To: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt;, "Alon Bar-Lev" >> <alonbl(a)redhat.com&gt;, "infra" <infra(a)ovirt.org&gt; >> Cc: "Kiril Nesenko" <kiril(a)redhat.com&gt; >> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 5:26:32 PM >> Subject: Re: release repo structure and 3.3.2 >> >> El 07/01/14 15:31, Sandro Bonazzola escribió: >>> Il 01/01/2014 10:42, Alon Bar-Lev ha scritto: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> For some reason there 3.3.2 z-stream was released in its own repository >>>> so >>>> people that are subscribed to stable[1] did not get it. >>> >>> Why not? >>> stable release had ovirt-release-10 which enabled both stable and 3.3.2 >>> repository by yum updating it. >>> >>>> >>>> There is no much sense in releasing fix release that people do not get >>>> in >>>> simple "yum update". >>>> >>>> Also the following is now broken of most packages' spec: >>>> Source0: >>>> http://ovirt.org/releases/stable/src/@PACKAGE_NAME@-@PACKAGE_VERSION@.tar.gz >>>> >>>> For each minor we should have rolling repository, to reduce noise and >>>> provide service. >>>> >>>> All released tarballs (sources) should be stored at fixed location to >>>> allow distro specific code to fetch, the location must be synced with >>>> what we publish. >>>> >>>> Immediate action is to move the 3.3.2 content into the stable directory. >>> >>> So previous request of having each release in its own repository has been >>> retired? >>> Or is it combined? >>> Do we want stable to be a rolling repository and have also a repository >>> for >>> each version? >>> I'm not against having rolling packages in just one stable repository, I >>> just want to understand what is the desired structure of the >>> repositories. >> >> I am, having a stable repository with rolling rpms is a lot more hard to >> manage >> and maintain than having separated individual complete repos. >> >> Because what we are actually delivering is not a specific rpm, but the >> whole >> set, that is, one repository with the set of rpms that were tested >> together >> and >> validated. If at any point you want to mix them, you still can adding the >> other >> repos. >> >> For updates just updating the directory where the 'stable' link points >> gets >> it done. >> >> For rollbacks you'll have to configure the old repo. That is not as >> annoying >> as >> it might seem, because when you enable the stable repo, you want to have >> the >> stable version, that changes with time. If you want to rollback to a >> previous >> version then just use that versions specific repo. At much we can provide >> a >> link >> like 'previous_stable' so if you want to rollback to the previous version >> you >> can use --enablerepo=previous_version easily, but if you want to keep >> using >> that, you should point directly to the specific version you want tot use. >> >> Creating a new repository using is almost as cheap (on hard disk space) as >> having a rolling repository, if you use hard links, so we can create lot's >> of >> them, specially for small changes from one to another. >> >> The only drawback that I see is when you have to release a minor change in >> one >> the the rpms, for example, to fix a critical bug, the repo will not >> include >> the >> old package, but I'm not sure if that's really a drawback... if you really >> need >> that package without the critical fix (you should not) you can have it >> changing >> to that specific repository. The internal naming of the repos does not >> really >> matter, having to point to the repo 3.3.3-beta.2 to get the second >> 'respin' >> of >> the 3.3.3 beta repo is not a big issue I think. >> >> The advantages are many, the most importants I see: >> - Easy management: >> * no need to go version hunting in the repo to remove/add rpms >> * you should never get a repo with version combinations that are not >> tested >> * it's a lot easier to get rid of old repos, and to move them around as >> they >> are independent >> * no broken links, right now stable repo is full of links to other >> repos, >> so >> removing those repos leave the links broken, you have to go checking >> if >> someone links to them (or their internal directories) if you have to >> clean >> up old versions >> - Testing, it's a lot easier to reproduce any error found, as you can >> just use the same repo and you'll get the same version set. >> >> What do you think? > > And you do not allow quick fix of issues found in various of packages. Why not? You can create a new repo based in the previous one that includes the fixed packages. It's cheap!

> > Although there is /some/ sense in syncing minor releases, I do not see any > reason of syncing z-stream. > > I think that you do not trust individual maintainer to provide z-streams. > > A change in z-stream should not be exposed (unless is fixing) an external > interface. I don't think it should be hidden neither, just make clear that those are not builds to be used widely, maybe just putting it under another directory (not releases). Where only promoted repos can go (meaning, not everyone can put repos there). For example: repos/releases -> for repos that have been tested and we want to publish repos/testing -> for any temporary generated repo, that is not fully tested and not ready for be used widely

That way you make sure that if anyone is using a repo that is not fully tested, is because he wants to, but you don't forbid it.

> > Alon > >> >>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Alon Bar-Lev. >>>> >>>> [1] http://resources.ovirt.org/releases/stable/ >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> David Caro >> >> Red Hat S.L. >> Continuous Integration Engineer - EMEA ENG Virtualization R&D >> >> Email: dcaro(a)redhat.com >> Web: www.redhat.com >> RHT Global #: 82-62605 >> >> -- David Caro Red Hat S.L. Continuous Integration Engineer - EMEA ENG Virtualization R&D Email: dcaro(a)redhat.com Web: www.redhat.com RHT Global #: 82-62605