Various Fedora Extra changes (mailing list?), plus is APT now deprecated?

[Bryan J. Smith]

I guess this e-mail is a long time in coming.  Please understand I have
the utmost and sincerest respect for everyone's hard work, but it's time
to ask some tough questions.

First off, I want to point out this 2004Sep19 post to Fedora-Devel:  
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-September/msg00879.html

So where is this announce list?  Or is there a discussion list?  Or is
the traffic part of fedora-devel now (I assume not)?

Secondly, while Fedora Extras packages have yet to be released for
Fedora Core 3, I could not even do an "apt-get dist-upgrade" as various
APT index files are seemingly lacking from the Fedora.US site just for
the "OS" (Fedora Core) portions (hoping the existing set of Fedora
Extras for Fedora Core 2 would suffice, since FC2 and FC3 are pretty
much "ABI compatible").  So, is APT distribution now being deprecated
for Fedora?  Or should Fedora.US be considered basically "off-limits"
for Fedora Core 3 right now.

[ I know I could built my own APT repository, and solve the issue, which
I might. ]

Lastly, can someone detail the changes in the rollout of Fedora Extras
packages for Fedora Core 3?  I would very much like to better understand
the new release management for Fedora Extras.  As a major proponent of
proper lifecycle and configuration management, I can not only
understand, but even appreciate delays in such release.  So I don't mind
waiting at all, but would like to understand the changes in Fedora
Extras for Fedora Core 3.

Thanx for fielding these questions in advance.  I will continue to truly
appreciate all the hard work of Red Hat and Fedora volunteers.

-- Bryan J. Smith
   General Annoyance

P.S.  And not to throw any bigotry into the questions, hence why this is
a "P.S.," but I haven't seen a good explanation on why YUM is getting
preference over APT in current Red Hat Fedora moves?  I heavily prefer
APT for various reasons, and would like to understand what advantages of
YUM I am missing?


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Bryan J. Smith                                    b.j.smith at ieee.org 
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