[CentOS] ACHTUNG: wrt CentALT repo

Johnny Hughes johnny at centos.org
Sat Feb 19 11:17:19 UTC 2011


On 02/19/2011 01:13 AM, Larry Vaden wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
>>
>> Just for the record ... we (the CentOS Project) do not recommend this
>> site.  They are using our name without permission.
> 
> Attribution goes to EliteMoly:
> CentALT repository not ready for mirroring, rpms not signed.
> EPEL is must have to be enabled for CentALT packages to work.
> CentALT packages relies on EPEL.
> Repacking all dependencies is bad idea. This work is already done in EPEL.
> 2011-02-18, 10:41

They are using our name without permission, we would rather you do not
post about them on this list as they are not playing nicely with others.

If we want to be a ElALT, that is one thing ... CentALT is another entirely.

Ubuntu is not DebianALT ... CentOS is not RHEL-ALT ... they should not
be using our name.

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