[X2Go-Dev] Why are we not adding packages.x2go.org to mock and obs?

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Mihai,

----- Original message -----
> Hi
> 
> The subject pretty much sums it up. We are currently not adding our
> packages on packages.x2go.org to mock and obs builds. Is there any
> specific reason, why not?
> 
> To build cleanly?
> 
> This is a deal breaker for packages that require x2go packages at build
> time when downstream does not have official x2go* packages.
> 
> For instance, any package depending on x2goserver at build time will
> fail to build for OpenSUSE, because OpenSUSE is not providing any x2go
> packages.
> 
> Another incarnation is the issue I mentioned here:
> http://lists.x2go.org/pipermail/x2go-dev/2015-March/009739.html
> 
> On Fedora (possibly EPEL, too), x2goserver-extensions does not exist as
> a special package, but the functionality is merged into the "x2goserver"
> package.
> 
> A more general description: our builds for packages.x2go.org will fail
> whenever there is a build dependency on x2go packages, that may have
> been edited by distribution maintainers. We have no control over this.
> 
> Adding the x2go repositories will, though, make sure we control this
> aspect.
> 
> Furthermore, Debian builds always* add our own package repository.
> 
> 
> I will go ahead and add our repository to obs and mock builds, if the
> reason is merely "because nobody implemented it so far".
> 
> 
> 
> Mihai
> 
> *) No rule without an exception. In this case the exception is
> "x2go-keyring".
> 

normally (at the moment) no X2Go component build-depends (in the strict sense) on any other X2Go component.

Since we provide openSUSE/SLE builds the situation has slightly changed. The obs-build scripts runs rpmlint at end of build and IIRC that required a change in build-deps, pulling in other X2Go components at build time.

Please go ahead and add X2Go's own builds into the build process as available dependencies.

Mike



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