Fedora Extras is extra

[Shawn]

> Apparently you're missed the point.  These other repositories have
> been 
> around a lot longer and have many more dedicated users than Fedora 
> Extras currently has.  They also have better reputations for 
> compatibility and interoperability.  If you go to my original message
> on 
> the thread, you will see this URL:
> 
> <http://www.fedora.us/wiki/RepositoryMixingProblems>

Yes, I did miss the point a little and THAT is the point.


> The only advice that I can give is that you should see what other 
> repositories people are combining and use that as your basis. 


Ok I get it now.  But coming to Fedora and reading the link above, how
would anyone know that there are other combinations or alternatives to
fedora.us?

I would expect that this concept be part of the documentation.  Maybe
you all are so used to how repositories work that these notions are
second nature already but for some (perhaps many) of us -- to not inform
us on the fedora pages of the alternatives is a disservice to the
community.

If fedora.us does not want to work with ATRPMS for whatever reason, I am
not the one to quibble with them.  Still, the Fedora docs are lacking in
terms of an explanation about other solutions. 

As it is now, the documentation at
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/updates/ is sadly in need of being updated
to reflect the realities of what is going on.  Why can't the fedora.us
people at the very least acknowledge the other repositories so we users
can get a better picture of what our options for obtaining the packages
we need really are. 

This original post started with a flame on the behavior of fedora.us and
now I understand why.  The seem a little strong armed in their approach
and losing sight of the big picture (increased linux adoption).     
  

> the Fedora Extras 
> subproject's 

> Perhaps 
> it would also be good to contact the repositories' mailing lists or 
> maintainers and ask them specifically which other repositories are
> they 
> cooperating with to try to maintain interoperability.  I use
> FreshRPMs 
> (the most popular repository for Fedora Core) and Planet CCRMA, and 
> those two are working together.  I'm sure that some others are, you 
> might find some answers elsewhere on this thread.

Thanks for the info.  I needed it.

-- 
Shawn <javajunkie at koyuru.com>