Freshrpms.net concerns.

[Elliott Wilcoxon]

 From what I've seen, Debian manages just fine with their one 
uber-repository.  I would prefer that Fedora repository maintainers work 
together to save effort, and produce superior packages.  Let the users 
choose how to use the repository.

Elliott Wilcoxon

Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Saturday 08 November 2003 11:22 pm, Florin Andrei wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 12:41, Marc Williams wrote:
>>
>>>I *think* that ATrpms, Freshrpms, Dag, and a few others collude so as to
>>>make these sorts of conflicts unlikely.
> 
> 
>>Wouldn't it be great if all these projects will start to co-ordinate
>>with each other somehow? To not re-invent the whell and all that...
> 
> 
> But your pneumatic wheel might not meet the need I have for a steel wheel.  
> And while we're at it, let's talk about tread type, aspect ratio, and all the 
> other things that differentiate brands of wheels and tires.
> 
> Sometimes a different wheel really is needed.  And sometimes it isn't.  But if 
> somebody wants to waste their time reinventing the wheel, well, it's their 
> time, not mine.
> 
> Multiple repositories are healthy, IMO.  Choice is good.  But with choice 
> comes responsibility: if you can't handle the responsibility of choosing 
> between RPM repos, well, maybe you need to go back to Windows.  :-)
> 
> I'm not sure it would be great to see all these repos cooperate.  Maybe their 
> differences are useful to some people.  It might be useful; it might not.  
> But if I am going to put up a repository and pay for the bandwidth, then I 
> get to set the rules for my repository.