Fedora Extras is extra

[Michael A. Peters]

On 11/28/2004 01:11:25 PM, William M. Quarles wrote:
> OK, someone pointed this out to me:
> 
> <http://www.fedora.us/wiki/RepositoryMixingProblems>
> 
> Join us or we'll start reproducing your software in your place  
> anyways.

I don't think that is what they are saying.
I think what they are saying is that their may be conflicts with their  
repository if you use someone elses as well, and that is a point worth  
considering.

That doesn't mean you can't use other repositories, it just means there  
might be some packaging conflicts you have to resolve (by telling one  
repo or the other to ignore certain packages).

I will say that I specifically do not like the fact that some of the  
popular repositories out there offer packages that REPLACE Fedora Core  
packages in the same repository as their add on packages - they really  
should separate those out to a different repository so that users like  
me who want to think long and hard before replacing a core package  
won't have to worry about that. Fedora Extras does not replace Core  
packages, it is safe to use. When it is available ;)