[CentOS] centosplus and contrib rpms

Farkas Levente lfarkas at bppiac.hu
Tue May 17 09:53:22 UTC 2005


ago at lsc.hu wrote:
>>dare i ask for one more readme file for it's parent directory to explain
>>what is:
>>- addon
>>- centosplus
>>- contrib
>>- extras
>>actualy i don't see the diffrence between them...(addon <-> extras)?
> 
> there was a letter on the list which described the naming convention.
> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2005-May/005618.html
> 
> Follow the link. Most important: centosplus packages may _replace_
> official and tested rpms. Extras are built by developers, contribs built
> by users.

yes, i read it, but if soemone missed that, than it'd be useful in the 
mirror site too. on the other side what's the difference wbetween addon 
and extras?

-- 
   Levente                               "Si vis pacem para bellum!"




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