Yum repros wanted

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:38:53 -0400, Temlakos wrote:

> Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:04:59 -0400, Temlakos wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Sean O Sullivan wrote:
> >>
> >>>The more repo's you want, the more conflicts and dependancy issues you 
> >>>will have - it is not a good idea to add every repo you can find.
> >>>
> >>>Personally, base/updated-released/extras, then dag and freshrpms are 
> >>>very reliable I find. atrpms i usually fine, although wouldn't use for a 
> >>>server. Other than that wouldn't touch many others - especially not 
> >>>livna ( http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php#D )
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>
> >>>Sean
> >>>
> >>
> >>Are you sure about that? The way I heard it, livna and extras were part 
> >>of the same mold. Now I'll let Dag and Axel speak for themselves, but 
> >>the impression I got from following the link you gave is that they 
> >>wouldn't even want you to use extras, just because the extras 
> >>maintainers won't "play nice" with them.
> > 
> > 
> > What solution could you think of?
> > 
> 
> Well, /somebody/ has to meet the other one halfway! All that I see on 
> the extras site is that they want us to encourage the /developers/ of 
> the applications or other packages involved to /submit their packages to 
> extras/ for inclusion. Or they encourage /us/ to submit the packages to 
> extras. /Not one word/ do they speak about coordinating their efforts 
> with those of men like Dag and Axel.

We've had this discussion some weeks ago (see archives). What would that
coordination look like? Can you give some details please?
 
> The head of 
> extras can speak for himself, of course, but the impression I have is 
> that the "quality control" process even to /get/ a package into extras 
> takes longer than the typical release cycle of Fedora.

This is nonsense.

> Extras did surprise me when, the first time I configured my system (back 
> in FC3) to use extras, I got twenty-two updates of packages (like 
> anjuta) that I had installed from dag or at-stable or freshrpms. So 
> their selection is moving up. I'd like to see the process move a bit 
> faster, that's all.

Which process? Packagers at Fedora Extras can update their packages any
day any time. There is no process which slows them down. Except the people
who need to GPG sign the built binaries and push them into the repository.
 
-- 
Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at users.sf.net>
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