Questions about EPEL Distribution

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On 11/2/07, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/2/07, Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora at leemhuis.info> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 02.11.2007 16:18, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 03:15:07PM +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> > >>      What I'm suggesting for EPEL is more like a Fedora Extras ISO in the
> > >> pre-merged world, then ...
> > > I remember that somebody did that at one point, but I don't remember who
> > > and how.
> >
> > Likely via the "install additional media" in firstboot, which afaik
> > could be used for this.
> >
> > But well, lots of EPEL packages require parts of the core-os (EL in this
> > case) -- those are not available easily at that point for if user if he
> > didn't yet register his system on RHN.
> >
>
> Which is why everything should be built against Fedora Enterprise(TM).
> Fedora Enterprise a library of packages from an upstream provider put
> into a format that other organizations can rebuild cleanly with their
> own patches. Yes with Fedora Enterprise(TM) you can build your own
> Oracle(TM) spin of EL without problems
>

Sorry meant to be humourous.. however my coworkers reminded me that I
seem to have left my sense of humour at home today.

--
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"