[users] Dropping the repotag

Michael Schwendt mschwendt.tmp0701.nospam at arcor.de
Sun Mar 18 20:35:19 UTC 2007


On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:08:08 -0700, Greg Swallow wrote:

> > Why would a __user__ want a repotag? 
> You're right - the average user probably doesn't (care).  It's the 
> people that have to deal with users through bug reports and other 
> support situations that want a repotag. 

Everything other than a clear "Vendor" id in the package header is
broken. It is only a matter of time before independent packagers not only
set %dist, but also the repotag, mimicking Fedora or EPEL packages. In a
support scenario you need enough details about the user's enabled repos
anyway.




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