Re: [CentOS] nodejs, epel, SCL

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Jim Perrin jperrin@centos.org wrote:

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That seems pretty dangerous if the packages replace standard or EPEL libraries/components. I'd have expected them to have some sort of namespace concept for dependencies to keep the sets of packages completely independent. That is, I thought being independent was the point. Shouldn't you be able to have multiple versions installed?

I consider this a bug, as the SCL's should be self-contained. We'd need to see if this occurs upstream as well, and then file a bug there if so.

There's really a bigger issue of how EPEL is supposed to fit in the world of 'other' repositories. What should happen when centosplus/extras has a same-named package? Other 3rd parties?