packaging-committee

#776 Need to package 'qemu-lite'
Closed Opened by lsm5.

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Package(s) for which you are requesting an exception

qemu-lite

Explanation

So, I'm not sure if this is the right place/template for it, but this was the best I could find.

I'm looking to package qemu-lite which is essentially qemu + patches. This is a required package for Kata Containers. See: https://github.com/kata-containers/packaging/issues/73#issuecomment-397586987

I have filed a package review bz at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1590431 . Is it ok to go ahead with this?

Could you elaborate on why you believe you need an exception? You can package forked/patched versions of other packages as long as they don't conflict with packages already in the distribution. You don't need to ask us for permission to do that.

Ha, ack. I don't know why I was under the assumption that this needed a ticket. Anyway, closing this. Thanks a lot.

Metadata Update from @lsm5:
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

Well that was easy. But note that the requirement that your package not conflict with the regular qemu package (i.e. you must be able to install both on a system) is where the difficulty lies.

Metadata Update from @tibbs:
- Issue status updated to: Open (was: Closed)

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind and work with the Kata people if any issues on this. Should this ticket remain open or just that commenting reopened the ticket?

I don't know why it reopened. I don't see any reason to keep this open so I'll close it again.

Metadata Update from @tibbs:
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)
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