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On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 01:02:59PM -0400, Paul Belanger wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Recently we've been running into some issues keeping our EPEL mirror properly
> sync'd. We are working to fix this, however we'd also like to do the following:
> 
>   Stop enabling EPEL mirror by default
>   https://review.openstack.org/#/c/453222/
> 
> For the most part, we enable EPEL for our image build process, this to install
> haveged.  However, it is also likely the majority of centos-7 projects don't
> actually need EPEL.  I know specifically both RDO and TripleO avoid using the
> EPEL repository because of how unstable it is.
> 
> Since it is possible this could be a breaking change, jobs will still be able to
> use EPEL, but it will be an opt-in process. Your jobs will need to be updated to
> do:
> 
>   $ sudo yum-config-manager --enable epel
> 
> Feel free to join us in openstack-infra if you have any questions or concerns.
> 
> -PB
> 
Just a heads up, I believe we'll be landing this change tomorrow. It's been a
week so far and no major outrage. :)

As always, you can find us in #openstack-infra if you have problems / questions.

-PB