Re: [CentOS-devel] Repository structures for SIG and variants in the future

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic centos@plnet.rs wrote:

If that is/becomes truth, then priorities/profiles will be necessary tool for accomplishing easy manipulation of various repositories and package configurations different Variants will need. And that is fine with me. CentOS-Core should stay as is, with only difference being provision of "hooks" other Variants can easily attach to so they can deliver packages they need that differ from CentOS-Core.

How do you see this working for a package that is not in EPEL when you install it from some lower-priority 3rd party repo, but is subsequently added to EPEL with a higher version number and an incompatible configuration?