EPEL Branches

[Axel Thimm]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 11:13:43AM -0600, Dennis Gilmore wrote:
> Hey All,
> 
> As most of you are aware we are working on setting up EPEL,  
> 
> What is EPEL?
> 
> It is a port of Fedora to RHEL (and clones)
> 
> how is it working?
> 
> right now slowly :( What we are doing is creating branches for EL as requested  
> EL-4 branches are created off of FC-3 if it exists and devel otherwise.  EL-5 
> branches from devel
> 
> Who can request branches?
> 
> Sponsors, people who maintain 5 or more packages.  ( We will open up to 
> everyone once we have all the pieces in place)
> 
> Some other notes
> 
> RHEL is supported for 7 years. and has strict binary compatability for that 
> time period. This will not be a matter of bumping to the latest release all 
> the time.  dependencies may not be met.  
> 
> So please request branches in the usual place if you want to participate.  
> Please ask questions and provide feedback.  We want this to be a big bonus 
> for the community. 
> 
> 
> Dennis
> 

And the most interesting part for users, not packagers: Where do the
packages land (URL)?
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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