Dropping the repotag

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:02:02 +0100 (CET), Dag Wieers wrote:

> > > > 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.
> > > 
> > > This is far fetched science ficition. Disttags and repotags have been
> > > around long before Fedora existed and no repo was as brain-damaged to
> > > copy over another repo's repotag.
> > 
> > Check your facts. No further comment.
> 
> No, check *your* facts.
> 
> fedora.us is not the Fedora project. And even if it were, repotags have 
> been used in fedora.us _before_ the Fedora project.

You didn't get it. Let me help you. Quote:

> no repo was as brain-damaged to
> copy over another repo's repotag.

That is not true. Period.