On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 04:52, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > The other option is to split the repos into > [os] > [updates] > [optional] {1} > [optional-updates] {2} > > {1} or use a better / different name > {2} do we even need the second -updates, we could go with what the > present policy w.r.t centosplus/extras is - and drop updates into the > same repo [core] # your basic OS [core-updates] [extras] # the items not in basic [extras-updates] [bonus] # items not supplied by the upstream release? [bonus-updates] Keeping things consolidated as possible is good for developers dealing with 'oh wait I need this from the sever-optional and this from workstation-optional' problems. [Seeing this in compiling stuff for EPEL] -- Stephen J Smoogen. "The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance." Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. "Let us be kind, one to another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle." -- Ian MacLaren