goals.md

Goals

Minimum

• build an installable RPM for AWS CLI v2
• support deprecate EL7 (RHEL, Centos)
• support EL8 (RHEL, Rocky)
• bare minimum testing: Does it install?
• test it properly, so we get notified when an upstream change breaks an assumption

Stretch

• support AMZN2, ___?
• conflict with RPM for AWS CLI v1 ("awscli")
• track versions for official releases of AWS CLI v2
• publish RPM to releases on github project
• use github actions so this is all automated
• simplify workflow using hub cli?
• schedule workflow (daily check for new installer)
• be smarter about new versions than just checking every day
• avoid having to update this repo to handle new versions (TODO: clarify goal)
• support notifications of new versions (at least, I get emails from the PR and releases)
• support other (?) notifications of new versions
• properly check PGP signature
• look into similar package for the session manager plugin (it's already an RPM)

References

• How to package proprietary software
• Installing the AWS CLI version 2 on Linux
• RPM Build github action
• Install the Session Manager Plugin for the AWS CLI