Where do you get the fedora extras from?

Will Backman whb at ceimaine.org
Fri Dec 10 14:48:10 UTC 2004


> >         download.fedora.us for FC3 will only replicate from
> >         download.fedora.redhat.com for convenience of apt users. yum users
> >         should use official download.fedora.redhat.com mirrors which are twice
> >         as plentiful.
> > 
> >         Currently the RPMS.extras directory is empty, because redhat's
> >         infrastructure for the Extras relaunch is not done yet. We're *really*
> >         close now with build servers in the rack and CVS in configuration and
> >         heavy testing. Lots of tweaking and labor still pending. Don't ask
> >         for ETA. If we have to answer questions, it will slow us down further.
> > 
> >         Extras when built will be simultaneously available for i386 and x86_64
> >         (both supported FC3 archs) and distributed in
> >         download.fedora.redhat.com. fedora.us will automatically replicate from
> >         those directories for apt users.
> > 

Sounds like 6 month release cycle makes it hard for everything to catch
up.

New release comes out.  I wait a little while for 3rd party apps to
catch up, install on my machine.  Darn, now a new version is out.




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