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Bazel rules for creating packages of many types (zip, tar, deb, rpm, ...)
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Generate spec file for RPM packages #241

Open UebelAndre opened 4 years ago

UebelAndre commented 4 years ago

This is a feature request for pkg_rpm to have a similar set of attributes to pkg_deb such that the spec file can be generated within the rule. Having this would make it easier to maintain releases and enable users to define a single source of truth for package information without having to write a bunch of genrule magic.

nacl commented 4 years ago

We've been working on something like this for a while. See the rules in https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/tree/main/pkg/experimental. They function more or less correctly, but the interfaces are not yet stable.

This task is ongoing; please feel free to chime in with any questions, comments, or ideas :)

See also #128, #129.

UebelAndre commented 4 years ago

That's perfect, thank! Any idea when the interface will stabilize?

nacl commented 4 years ago

We should have a better idea soon, but if I were to make a guess now, I'd say late this year or early next year.

FWIW, the experimental rules are very usable right now, but we've found some potential ways to refine them that can make specifying large packages much easier. We're going to be discussing them and hope to implement them soon. One such option is #238.