[CentOS-devel] repo extras enabled by default
Leon Fauster
leonfauster at googlemail.com
Thu Mar 8 18:39:15 UTC 2012
Am 08.03.2012 um 18:26 schrieb Johnny Hughes:
>
> The extras repo are items that "do not replace" anything from upstream
> (that is ... extra or added items). But you should not install anything
> unless you need it, regardless of where it comes from. If you do need
> it, then its there.
>
> CentOSPlus is designed to contain things that "replace" items from
> upstream and that is why it is not enabled by default. And that is how
> it is different than extras ... it replaces core packages.
This is completely clear - http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories
> If you do not want anything on your machine except what is rebuilt from
> upstream, then you should disable extras. However, extras should not be
> any different than enabling EPEL .. they also do not add items that
> replace upstream items.
Also clear - as i said, from here it's more a conceptual viewpoint.
What's about the maintenance policy for extras?
Thanks
LF
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