RPM submission procedure

[Ronny Buchmann]

On Friday 09 January 2004 15:59, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 09:22:20 +0100, Ronny Buchmann wrote:
> > > >> No, when a package is in a public repository it is too late. People
> > > >> will begin to use this repository as default one since it has lots
> > > >> of cool packages. Since packages are already published, bugreports
> > > >> will have a low priority for the packagers and bugs stay forever
> > > >> (rawhide is a good example).
> > > >
> > > > I don't think this is a problem. When rawhide bugs are not maintained
> > > > this mostly means they are gone
> > >
> > > A basic package like 'procps' is broken for nearly two months
> > > already...
> >
> > in Extras you could fix it yourself and your (newer) package would
> > eventually be voted to stable
>
> No. Don't expect Extras to be permitted to upgrade Core. There won't
> be competition between Extras and Core. Extras are really just add-ons.
Oh, I didn't mean this specific case.

I meant if procps were in Extras (not Core) you could fix it yourself.

But I hope it will be possible for non-RH people to contribute to Core also 
(so that i.e. you could fix procps).

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