EPEL, RHEL-5Server and RHEL-5Client...

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 17.07.2007 13:13, Joel Andres Granados wrote:
> Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> On 17.07.2007 12:13, Joel Andres Granados wrote:
>> For the situations at hand:
>> Problem1 -- python-imaging was EPEL: We made a error, but we are still
>> in the testing/buildup phase, so we can still remove it from the repo
> Is this true for EPEL/el4 and EPEL/el5?  I ask because I have them both 
> in the CVS and assumed that EPEL/el4 was an already *stable* release.

/me can't follow, sorry.

EPEL in general and the Repos EPEL4 and EPEL5 are still not officially
started; that's planed for next weeks Thursday.

>> and say loudly "apologize" and "we are sorry"(¹). Not ideal, but problem
>> solved.
>> Problem2 -- python-imaging had a higher EVR then the EL5Client package:
>> Ignore those users that got the newer python-imaging from EPEL (see
>> Problem 1: "EPEL is still in testing" and "apologize"). 
> IMO this is also very precarious "to ignore the user".

And the users isn't helped if we fix one error by making another
(bigger) one.

>> (¹) -- we likely should put something (test-scripts?) in place to make
>> sure something similar does not happen again
> IMO, This is VERY necessary. 

Any volunteers?

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CU
thl