Remove end-of-life packaging distributions

[afbjorklund]

Add support for EL9 and Ubuntu 24.04

Fixes #383
Closes #368
Closes #361

[j796160836]

I suggest not to remove old packing script, remains there will be ok.
other LGTM.

[afbjorklund]

There is no OS support for those old releases of Ubuntu and Fedora anymore, and CentOS Linux is dead...

The script itself is just a line of difference, and the old ones are available in the git history if needed?

[skevir]

Could I ask for an update on the status of getting this change reviewed and merged? I am looking to use the new Alma 8 build and was interested in when that might be available, so I can plan the work needed to integrate it with my project. Thanks.

[afbjorklund]

It could be backported to the release/0.3 branch, which currently has diverged a bit from master

EDIT: #423

[j796160836]

The script itself is just a line of difference, and the old ones are available in the git history if needed?

Alright, follow your opinion.

[nwneisen]

@afbjorklund I had to revert this change due to errors building the RPM packages

make rpm

[afbjorklund]

The wrong fedora directory was added, but also the build is broken in fc41...

There is also no use to add fc39 back, since it is now EOL and repos are down.

[afbjorklund]

Apparently the old CentOS 7 packaging doesn't work with AlmaLinux, either.

Needs yum-utils for starters, but also there is no devmapper any longer...

[skevir]

Is fixing the problems caused by merging this PR being tracked here, or is that happening somewhere else? Just wondering where is best for me to monitor to determine when the Alma 8 builds will be ready for me to make use of. Thanks.

[afbjorklund]

There were some regressions with the el9 build, I have fixed them locally but it needs some specfile fixing first:

• rpm: Change absolute paths to relative paths #438

[skevir]

Just wanted to check if there had been any progress on the "specfile fixing". Thanks.

[afbjorklund]

I made some fixes for el8/el9/el10 builds, but they would need the above fix too

[skevir]

Has there been any update here? Is "the above fix" you mention in your last comment related to #438 , so I should be monitoring that PR instead? Thanks.

[afbjorklund]

I don't think there are any updates here, or at least I haven't heard anything.

But at least AlmaLinux 10 is out now, so there is no need for Kitten any more...