CentOS - Jun 2016 - Fwd: Re: EPEL-ANNOUNCE Re: Upcoming OwnCloud changes in EPEL

Please see the below if you are a CentOS user of the EPEL OwnCloud packages.

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From: "James Hogarth" <james.hogarth at gmail.com>
Date: 3 Jun 2016 23:43
Subject: Re: EPEL-ANNOUNCE Re: Upcoming OwnCloud changes in EPEL
To: "EPEL Development List" <epel-devel at
lists.fedoraproject.org>
Cc: <epel-announce at lists.fedoraproject.org>
>
> On 22 Apr 2016 16:21, "James Hogarth" <james.hogarth at
gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5 April 2016 at 09:22, James Hogarth <james.hogarth at
gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Following on the process of bringing OwnCloud up to date in Fedora
we're turning our attention to the EPEL users.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately EL6's use of php53 means we cannot update any
further
there given the minimum requirement of php54.
> >>
> >> As such the maintenance update of 7.0.13 that is in epel-testing
now
for EPEL6 will be the final one there to be followed by the retiring of the
package.
> >>
> >> If you wish to update from that please either migrate to an EL7
base
system or switch to the OwnCloud upstream packages which make use of SCL to
satisfy the php54+ requirement.
> >>
> >> On the EPEL7 side of things 8.1.6 is due to hit testing very
shortly.
This is a mandatory update as a precursor to the 8.2.3 update in due
course. Once this reaches live please ensure that updates are carried out
and your OwnCloud installation is fully tested prior to the 8.2.3
update.
> >>
> >> This is due to a requirement from upstream that updates follow the
path 8.0 -> 8.1 -> 8.2 -> 9.0.
> >>
> >> Related to this when updating the EL6 install from the 7.0 version
to
an EL7 or upstream SCL version please do make sure you follow the upgrade
chain correctly - it is not possible to skip a step.
> >>
> >> Once the 8.2 goal is reached a discussion will be had then for
EPEL as
to whether to provide owncloud82 and owncloud90 packages or to just stay on
the current major update - but that discussion is some time away as of
yet.
> >>
> >> The reason for picking owncloud82 as the possible base for this is
that this is the first version that has no php libraries bundled so will be
the easiest to provide the long term maintained base from in a clean
fashion complying to guidelines as closely as possible.
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >> James
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Following on from the previous message EPEL6 has it's final update
with
the EOL message. Please arrange to move to the upstream SCL packages or to
migrate to EL7 if you are using owncloud on EPEL6 - be aware when you do
migrate off of this that it is important to follow the chain through
8.0->8.1->8.2 checking your installation at each
step.
> >
> > EPEL7 has had some time in testing and received a positive test so the
8.1.6 update there is being pushed today.
> >
> > When that has gone stable an 8.2.3 update will be pushed to
epel-testing. Please ensure that your installation is updated to 8.1.6 and
fully tested before applying the 8.2.3 update.
> >
>
> OwnCloud 9.0.2 had been submitted to EPEL7 testing.
>
> Beyond the usual warning of ensuring your system is updated to 8.2 and
fully tested before applying the 9.0 update there is an additional caveat
for nginx users of OwnCloud.
>
> It became quickly apparent in testing recently that the nginx config
snippet shipped was broken out the box and couldn't possibly
work.
>
> There is a new nginx snippet configuration being shipped as part of this
update so that nginx behaves like httpd for the path (ie it's under the
/owncloud namespace and not root) and so that an install of owncloud-nginx
will have working configuration without the need to craft an additional
custom config, removing the shipped one in the process.
>
> We have also moved the php-fpm configuration to its own pool to avoid any
conflicts of options.
>
> If using nginx for OwnCloud please carefully validate your config when
updating.