Github Issue #9231 - Package core-admin-client for Archlinux
On May 15 Marek writes:
core-admin-client is not packaged for Arch. The package is required for various advanced use cases, like:
GUI domain
AudioVM
Management VM (including installing templates via qvm-template from there)
Backup dispvm
Add Arch packaging for core-admin-client according to Arch guidelines (especially about split into subpackages if relevant - for example Debian recommends keeping python module in a separate subpackage with specific naming scheme)
Analysis
Archlinux is a rolling Distro and usually contains the most recent version of programs and libraries. Having core-admin-client packaged for it is extremely good. As if any error is going to show because of deprecation of older packages or changes of existing dependencies, it is going to show early there. This would allow a “Find them early/Solve them early” approach to some of the bugs.
In the absence of pre-built Fedora rawhide and Debian Sid repositories, Archlinux is the next best existing and ready to use choice for finding and fixing issues at the earliest stage.
Solution
It would be necessary to look at existing Fedora and Debian packaging scripts and replicate them for Archlinux, taking Marek’s advises into consideration. I have not done a serious Archlinux package personally. This could be a long-term project. If anyone has prior experience of packaging for Archlinux, their help is highly appreciated.