Special Interest Groups
Special Interest Groups are a core piece of the Rocky Linux community, in which various members of these groups can extend the Enterprise Linux experience, by way of packages, images, or other community engagement.
For the case of the wiki, Special Interest Groups are recommended not to have direct wiki pages, but instead maintain their own set of Git generated pages in the form of a wiki (such as with mkdocs or hugo).
This page and section will serve as an overview. See the SIG Guide section for specific information such as proposing a SIG, content management, and so on.
Current SIGs¶
This section goes over the current SIGs that may have sponsors and are active or has community interest.
Some that may be established with sponsors/members¶
| SIG | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Core | Rocky Linux maintainers, packagers, and developers. It is primarily a mix of Release Engineering and Infrastructure. |
| Cloud | Cloud images and infrastructure - May work upstream with Stream for openstack and others as well. |
| AI | Rocky Linux Ecosystem for AI, ML, Data Science & BigData. |
| AltArch | Maintains alternative architectures that are not directly supported by Rocky Linux or maintains devices of primary architectures such as the raspberry pi |
| Desktop | Supports and maintains the desktop experience for Rocky Linux |
| Embedded | Embedded Systems |
| Legacy | Supports and maintains legacy hardware support for Rocky Linux |
| HPC | Maintains High Performance Computing support for Rocky Linux |
| Hyperscale | Hyperscale Computing |
| Security | Extra security features and security-hardened override packages (replacing those from the main distribution) for Rocky Linux and other EL distros |
Some that have community interest, but no direct sponsors yet¶
| SIG | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Database | Databases of all shapes, sizes, and use cases |
| Kernel | Kernels, mainline or otherwise |
| Leapp | Focuses on the leapp framework to facilitate upgrades between major versions of Rocky |
SIG Requirements¶
We expect SIGs to satisfy some basic requirements, such as:
- The group should be related to Rocky, a use-case for Rocky or Enterprise Linux, or related to Enterprise Linux as a whole
- There must be feedback and control into the Rocky community
- All communication as to the work of the SIG should be public - Some matters may have to be private, and as such should be out of band
- It is expected that each SIG will have a public channel as
SIG/namein mattermost. Optionally an IRC or Matrix channel can also be assigned.
- It is expected that each SIG will have a public channel as
- Code produced within the SIG must be compatible with a FOSS license presently used by Rocky - If a new license is wanted, consult with Release Engineering/Core or the
~Legalchannel in mattermost. - All documentation and information of the SIG should be on a wiki produced in the RESF Git Service.
- All documentation produced within the SIG must be a compatible documentation license
- Groups should be aware/watchful of the direction from the Release Engineering team/Core as it can affect how SIGs operate if they are producing compiled software.
SIG Wiki¶
Each SIG should have a wiki that will have documentation for their particular group as well as information on how the group operates. Required information should be as follows:
- An "about" section on the index that explains what the group does/a group description
- Mission Statement
- How to Contribute
- Meeting Information (time, location, other information that they feel is important)
- Policies and Resources, if applicable
SIG Membership and Participation¶
The following rules apply for SIG membership:
- Mailing lists of SIGs are open and can be joined freely
- SIG members are appointed/approved by SIG sponsors/leaders - The sponsors/leaders typically have write permissions to relevant wikis and git repos
- SIG sponsors/leaders may be asked to be a mailing list moderator
- SIG channels will be public under a name such as
SIG/namewith an optional IRC and Matrix channel to be bridged. - Optionally: define if work with CentOS Stream will be applicable for the SIG
SIG Reporting¶
SIGs are expected to report at least quarterly, with a brief summary of what they've accomplished. A suggested outline:
- Membership update (members joined or parted, sponsor/leader changes)
- Releases in the current quarter (or previous quarter if no releases)
- General activity or health report
- Issues to address within the SIG
Joining a SIG¶
Joining an established Special Interest Group should be simple. Each SIG will have its own process and outlines. Please see sponsors or other members of the Special Interest Group you're interested in if a wiki or other documentation is not available.
Resources
URL: https://accounts.rockylinux.org
Purpose: Account Services maintains the accounts for almost all components of the Rocky ecosystem
Technology: Noggin used by Fedora Infrastructure
Contact: ~Infrastructure in Mattermost and #rockylinux-infra in Libera IRC
URL: https://git.resf.org
Purpose: General projects, code, and so on for the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation.
Technology: Gitea
Contact: ~Infrastructure, ~Development in Mattermost and #rockylinux-infra, #rockylinux-devel in Libera IRC
URL: https://git.rockylinux.org
Purpose: Packages and light code for the Rocky Linux distribution
Technology: GitLab
Contact: ~Infrastructure, ~Development in Mattermost and #rockylinux-infra, #rockylinux-devel in Libera IRC
URL: https://mirrors.rockylinux.org
Purpose: Users can apply to be a mirror to host Rocky content (SIG or the base operating system)
Technology: MirrorManager 2
Contact: ~Infrastructure in Mattermost and #rockylinux-infra in Libera IRC
Purpose: Users can subscribe and interact with various mail lists for the Rocky ecosystem
Technology: Mailman 3 + Hyper Kitty
Contact: ~Infrastructure in Mattermost and #rockylinux-infra in Libera IRC