Re: [atomic-devel] Requesting freeze exception for atomic in F26 to drop rpm-build deps

[Dusty Mabe <dusty dustymabe com>]

On 05/30/2017 12:16 PM, Dusty Mabe wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/30/2017 10:58 AM, Jonathan Lebon wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> If I understand correctly, in its current state, F26 AH will
>> be shipping with the atomic package which added the
>> rpm-build deps. The update that removes it again is blocked
>> in testing:
>>
>> https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-ac1919a04b
>>
>> Double-checking the current state:
>>
>> $ ostree remote add fedora-26 --no-gpg-verify https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/atomic/26/
>> $ ostree pull fedora-26 --subpath=/usr/share/rpm --depth=0 fedora/26/x86_64/atomic-host                                                                                                                  
>> $ ostree checkout -U --subpath=/usr/share/rpm fedora-26:fedora/26/x86_64/atomic-host tmp/rpmdb-26                                                                                                        
>> $ rpm -qa --dbpath $PWD/tmp/rpmdb-26 | grep -E '(rpm-build|gdb)'
>> gdb-headless-7.12.50.20170226-4.fc26.x86_64
>> rpm-build-libs-4.13.0.1-4.fc26.x86_64
>> rpm-build-4.13.0.1-4.fc26.x86_64
>> gdbm-1.13-1.fc26.x86_64
>>
>> If this is what the F26 AH deliverables will be based on,
>> then would it be possible to justify a freeze exception out
>> of this? It's a pretty big wart on a new AH release, esp.
>> since the motto is that we're a streamlined OS, though it's
>> obviously not a critical release blocker.
>>
> 
> short answer: no, this is not what FAH 26 will ship with. There is a period of 
> 'unfreeze' that happens after the rest of Fedora releases Beta and before final
> is released. 
> 
> longer answer: we can open a BZ to get this update excepted and into stable sooner.
> since it only affects atomic host it should be pretty easy to get it approved. 
> 
> I opened a BZ [1] and proposed it as a freeze exception.
> 
> Dusty
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1456901

Accepted as freeze exception. Need one more karma and then it can be pushed
to stable on next stable push.

Dusty