Fedora Extras is extra

[William M. Quarles]

Michael A. Peters wrote:
> On 11/28/2004 01:11:25 PM, William M. Quarles wrote:
> 
> 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 ;)

Well, Fedora is hypothetically cutting and bleeding edge, but quite 
frankly a lot of the packages that show up in it are out of date.  The 
need for these maintainers to supply updated packages just points more 
strongly at the fact that Fedora is running behind on some packages, and 
updates are necessary for other software to be useful with it.

The Linux kernel itself has traditionally been missing a lot of 
well-deserved optimizations, and Red Hat has made it a tradition to 
modify the kernel for better hardware support and bug-fixes.  As for 
kernel packages, some of the maintainers feel that they are doing the 
same.  Planet CCRMA says exactly why they need to have a modified kernel.

<http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/installkernelandsound.html>
<http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/system.html>

However, the nice thing about kernel packages is that they don't have to 
replace the official packages.

Peace,
William