Dag Wieers wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, David Hrb�c( wrote:
Karanbir Singh napsal(a):
The C4 fasttrack repo is built in sync with upstream, there is no fasttrack on C5 ( go look at mirror.centos.org ).
- KB
I know, C5 is empty for now. I expect to have fast(t)rack only RPMs here.
Me too. I think a 'centosfix' repository with lower release numbers than the expected RH fix may be useful. Calling it centosfix also makes it obvious these are centos packages, and not RH rebuild packages.
This 'centosfix' concept could be stretched to fix some other packages with known problems until upstream gets them fixed. And is a deliberate opt-in from users that need them (and understand the risks).
That seems moderately sensible, but it should be defined in the standard Centos release files. As should testing and fasttrack.
If there is a market for the slow-perl fix, and more of these packages would see the light of day, I would prefer a 'centosfix' repository over a mixed fast(t)rack repository. But only if we can deliver...
A first-run option to enable these repos (and maybe a system-config[1] tool to reconfigure available repos) would highlight the fact that these repos exist.
[1] or maybe yum could be extended to list and change the state of repos.
Cheers John
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