[ovs-discuss] maintaining fedora spec

Flavio Leitner fbl at redhat.com
Mon Oct 28 23:14:00 UTC 2013


On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:51:54AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 02:21:09PM -0300, Flavio Leitner wrote:
> > Since fedora has openvswitch packages available I wonder
> > if it makes sense to keep maintaining the same in
> > openvswitch package.
> > 
> > For instance, I've added systemd units to better integrate
> > with systemd. See this bug below:
> > Provide native systemd unit files and fix startup dependency 
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818754
> > 
> > Also this one:
> > Bug 1006412 - openvswitch fails to start
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006412
> > 
> > The ovsdbmonitor package is now optional (dependency issues).
> > 
> > You can propose changes to the spec using bugzilla anyway.
> > 
> > Since the spec file is open and available in the internet,
> > can we drop it and its source files from the openvswitch
> > git repo?
> 
> I think that the main purpose of the in-tree Fedora packaging is to
> provide a convenience to Fedora users.  If the packaging doesn't
> actually help Fedora users, then I agree that removing it seems like a
> good idea.
> 
> Do any other Fedora users have opinions to share?
 
Have you heard anything on this?

fbl




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