newbie question about repos

[Temlakos]

See my replies at the bottom of this message:

Morten Gerdsen wrote:
> thanks a lot for all your answers - I'm learning all the time :o)
> 
> So now I have disabled all repos named testing, but what about repos
> named for instance: "extras-source" or "livna-source"?
> 
> These are my checked repos:
> 
> - core
> - dries
> - extras
> - freshrpms
> - livna
> - macromedia
> - updates
> 
> which one would you exclude and which ones do I miss?
> My goal is having my system being bleeding-edge, and I don't mind a few
> things being a bit buggy - but I wouldn't like having to reinstall my
> whole system too often.
> 
> Sorry if I am being unclear with something, and thanks again for taking
> time out to help a newbie.
> 
> On another note: I recently came from Ubuntu, and while I liked the
> distro and liked the idea behind it I found it lacking in some areas.
> And I actually feel like FC5 is less likely to crash - meybe it's
> because of my hardware, I dunno - but I like it so far :o)
> 
> And the forums/mail lists are actually - it seems - a bit more open
> minded and friendly. 
> 
> Nuff rambling :oD
> 
> Morten
> 
> 
> lør, 06 05 2006 kl. 04:39 -0500, skrev Arthur Pemberton:
> 
>>On 5/6/06, Morten Gerdsen <morten at unschooling.dk> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I've recently installed FC5 for the first time, so I'm sorry if this is
>>>a stupid question:
>>
>>No question is stupid here if you are honest about it and take your
>>time to pose it.
>>
>>
>>>In my Yum repo list I can see a lot of repos that are
>>>not being used by my Yum, such as "core-source", "extras-development",
>>>"legacy testing" etc etc.
>>>
>>>Am I right in assuming that some of these are beta-versions of new
>>>packages, and would it be a mistake to use them?
>>>
>>
>>You are very rigth about them being beta. But to be more correct, and
>>as you hinted at, they are betas of the packages, not necessarily the
>>software being packaged. So it is quite possible to have a beta
>>package of a beta application.
>>
>>You aren't really _mistaken_ to use them. However, you should only use
>>them if you know what you are doing, know what you need exactly, or
>>are a tester for Fedora.
>>
>>For example: you really need a pacakge, but it is still in
>>fedora-testing - in that case you would install from there.
>>
>>But simply put, don't use it if you don't know what you are going to
>>get from it.
>>
>>>I realize that some might be unstable, but couldn't I just uninstall the
>>>new versions and reinstall the old ones if something was too buggy?
>>>
>>>I guess I am asking: which repos should I use if I want to stay
>>>"bleeding edge", and which one should I avoid under all circumstances?
>>>
>>>thanks!
>>>Morten

Do not--I repeat, do not--mix RPMForge repositories (dag, dries, 
freshrpms, atrpms) with livna. They are built from incompatible sources.

Beyond that, extras should take precedence over any other repository 
that happens to contain the same package. Furthermore, extras stands 
ready to accept submissions for new packages. The Fedora Wiki should 
have further details.

Of the repos you listed, you should permanently enable the following:

core
extras
livna
macromedia
updates

Then /disable/ dries and freshrpms. Use them /only/ to pull in a package 
that the other repos don't yet have. The command in yum, I believe, is

yum --enablerepo dries [or freshrpms] install [whatever]

I use "smart," and in that application I relegate dries and freshrpms 
(and dag) to lower priorities than the rest.

Temlakos