On 04/06/2011 11:58 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
Other repo's _may_ respect upstream and not overwrite base packages or create conflicts. However, they aren't going to consider CentOS "upstream". And I think there is evidence that what is right for them is not going to be right for Centos users that have base/extra/plus packages that don't match or conflict with what they consider upstream.
For a lot of these packages, there does not need to be an upstream concept if its project to project delivered. The centos.org repo's become a delivery mechanism to the centos userbase for a specific app in sync with what that app developers consider as their own policy ( and we can help them with the centos side of things )
So, yes, unless you want to ensure conflicts with the repos that CentOS users depend on, you need a policy that minimizes collisions.
There is very little or no coordination between repo's - and honestly, the only real issue we'd be looking to solve would be for the centos userbase, not SL/RHEL/anyone-else. And its unlikely to be a mass package dump.
Regards,
- KB