[Gluster-devel] How can we prevent GlusterFS packaging installation/update issues in future?

[Lalatendu Mohanty]

On 02/19/2015 05:21 PM, Niels de Vos wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 04:52:41PM +0530, Lalatendu Mohanty wrote:
>> On 02/19/2015 04:25 PM, Niels de Vos wrote:
>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 03:45:41PM +0530, Lalatendu Mohanty wrote:
>>>> On 02/19/2015 02:30 PM, Niels de Vos wrote:
>>>>> Hey Pranith!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for putting this topic on my radar. Uncommunicated packaging
>>>>> changes have indeed been a pain for non-RPM distributions on several
>>>>> occasions. We should try to inform other packagers about required
>>>>> changes in the packaging scripts or upgrade/installation process better.
>>>> +1
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:26:33PM +0530, Pranith Kumar Karampuri wrote:
>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113778
>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191176
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can we make the process of giving good packages for things other than
>>>>>> RPMs?
>>>>> My guess is that we need to announce packaging changes very clearly.
>>>>> Maybe it makes sense to have a very low-traffic packaging at gluster.org
>>>>> mailinglist where all packagers from all distributions are subscribed?
>>>> +1 for announce packaging changes very clearly.
>>>>
>>>> But I think we should keep using gluster-devel ML for packaging discussions
>>>> as IMO it is the right platform to get all developers and packagers
>>>> together. However We need to discuss these stuff clearly which we lacked
>>>> before.
>>> My idea was to reduce the number of emails that packagers receive. Not
>>> all packagers are active as a Gluster developer, and the -devel list has
>>> quite some traffic. I am afraid that important changes would get lost in
>>> the noise.
>>>
>>> Niels
>>>
>> I understand. However my thought was, if we segregate the discussion we
>> might miss valuable feedback from developers. Also not sure if discussion
>> around packaging on gluster-devel will increase understanding around
>> packaging of developers. I agree with you on the email traffic though.
> I prefer to not bother most developers with the packaging. If they are
> interested, they can subscribe to the packagers list :-)
>
> Developers should clearly state how their components need to get
> installed/updated, they should be able to send those details to the
> packaging list. When we review changes to the .spec, we should keep in
> mind to share those details too.
>
> If we as packagers notice any issues, we would file a bug or request
> input on the gluster-devel list. Once the issue is settled, a
> description can be shared among the packagers.
>
> Do you think that should be workable?
> Niels
>

Yes, we can definitely try this. Lets do it.

Thanks,
Lala
>> Thanks,
>> Lala
>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Lala
>>>>> I've added all packagers that I could track on CC, and am interested in
>>>>> their preferences and ideas.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Niels