On 01/13/2014 08:18 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Jim Perrin jperrin@centos.org wrote:
The way I envision this working is as follows:
- Tier 1 repositories: Adds packages only. These repos may not update
or replace anything in the core distribution. (Example: EPEL)
What about the scenario where you want packages from more than one tier 1 repo? Will there be some coordination to at least try to avoid conflicts across them or document the workarounds if they happen? It will probably be common to require EPEL in addition to at least one other tier 1 (unless there is a horrible amount of duplication) - so what will prevent the addition of packages into EPEL that conflict with other tier 1's even if they start out without conflicts?
I proposed (in thread "Repositories in new ecosystem and Desktop version") that yum priorities levels/numbers (and Manuel Wolfshant proposed exclude/include) are being agreed on for CentOS maintained and 3rd party repositories. The whole proposal is in that thread, and I was hoping to get some responses anyway.