Release and update procedure for EPEL
C.M. Connelly
cmc at math.hmc.edu
Fri Mar 9 01:56:22 UTC 2007
"MS" == Matthias Saou <thias at spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.egg.and.spam.freshrpms.net>
"TC" == Tom 'spot' Callaway
TC> FWIW, the CentOS people I spoke to at FOSDEM were very
TC> much interested in the "fixed set, with bugfixes and
TC> security updates only" model.
MS> ...but also in providing a lot of recent stuff. They
MS> already have php 5 and mysql 5 in a separate location for
MS> people to use on CentOS 4.
I'd say there's a case to be made for different sorts of packages
getting updated at different rates. I suspect that where you
stand on the issue has a lot to do with the sort of environment
that you're in and what set of ``extra'' packages you want to use.
We run CentOS on servers and workstations (used for teaching and
doing research). So there are a bunch of things that I package
(or grab from RPMForge) that I would like to see up to date for
use on the workstations. Most of the stuff on the servers can
stay stable (and older), but, on the other hand, there are things
that would be nice to keep up to date on servers and workstations
(e.g., Subversion).
Where that all gets dicey is when you need to have newer versions
of various packages that are part of the base distribution (as
with, for example, Subversion).
Claire
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Claire Connelly cmc at math.hmc.edu
Systems Administrator (909) 621-8754
Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College
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