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๐ Better Erlang Integration
๐ Summary
Improve Erlang software integration with the rest of Fedora.
๐ Owner
- Name: Peter Lemenkov, Fedora Erlang SIG
- Email: lemenkov@gmail.com, erlang@lists.fedoraproject.org
- Release notes owner:
๐ Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 21
- Last updated: 2014-03-23
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
๐ Detailed Description
- Enable fine grained EC crypto support by upgrading Erlang to the latest R17.
- Enable EPMD systemd support by merging patches from Matwey V. Kornilov
- Add erlang-ejournald, erlang-lager_journald_backend, and make Journald as a default logging backend.
- Fix the long-standing noarch issue by providing additional default location for Erlang bytecode data.
- Split-off infrequently used modules which requires X11, Pulseaudio and ensure that it won't break anything.
- Update Erlang RPM-related macros to improve packaging by reducing spec-file sizes.
๐ Benefit to Fedora
- Users will get initial EC support. We still can't enable EC fully but at least we will enable some EC curves.
- Users will have less issues caused by poor systemd and epmd integration (lost node names etc).
- Packagers won't see scary rpmlint messages regarding marking arch-independent package as arch-dependent one.
- Users won't have to install X11-related libraries if they don't want to.
- Packagers will spend less time on packaging Erlang software for Fedora.
๐ Scope
- Proposal owners:
- Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
๐ Upgrade/compatibility impact
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
๐ How To Test
- Ensure that high-grade Erlang applications are still working:
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- Collect feedback from volunteers regarding their experience with this Erlang/OTP version
๐ User Experience
Fedora Erlang users will get more robust Erlang configurations. Less issues, more detailed logs.
๐ Dependencies
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๐ Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
- Blocks product? product <-- Applicable for Changes that blocks specific product release/Fedora.next -->
๐ Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)