57: What is EPEL

EPEL is one of those repos a lot of us turned on without thinking twice. This episode, Noah and Eric sit down with Carl George, who leads the EPEL team at Red Hat, to explain what EPEL actually is, the golden rule that gives it its reputation, and the changes Carl is proposing for EPEL 11. If you run enterprise Linux, or you have ever typed dnf install epel-release, this one is for you.

Carl is collecting feedback on the EPEL 11 idea right now, so give it a listen and jump into the thread.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:12 Meet Carl George

04:25 What is EPEL?

07:50 EPEL's golden rule

09:32 Getting started: CRB + epel-release

10:38 Who governs EPEL

16:08 The road to EPEL 10

21:45 Minor versions and the EPEL team

24:44 The private mirror problem

34:09 Cleaning it up in EPEL 11

40:26 Getting involved & RPM packaging

50:36 Wrap-up

Links from this episode

EPEL 11 discussion thread: discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/looking-back-at…

EPEL branches documentation: docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/branches

How to request an EPEL package: docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-package…

What can I do for Fedora?: whatcanidoforfedora.org

Join the Package Maintainers: docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintaine…

RPM packaging lab (RHDP): zero.rhdp.net/lab/zt-rhelbu.zt-rpmbuild.prod

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Our guest: Carl George, EPEL Team Lead at Red Hat (fedoraproject.fireside.fm/guests/carl-george)

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