Am 08.03.2012 um 18:26 schrieb Johnny Hughes: > > The extras repo are items that "do not replace" anything from upstream > (that is ... extra or added items). But you should not install anything > unless you need it, regardless of where it comes from. If you do need > it, then its there. > > CentOSPlus is designed to contain things that "replace" items from > upstream and that is why it is not enabled by default. And that is how > it is different than extras ... it replaces core packages. This is completely clear - http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories > If you do not want anything on your machine except what is rebuilt from > upstream, then you should disable extras. However, extras should not be > any different than enabling EPEL .. they also do not add items that > replace upstream items. Also clear - as i said, from here it's more a conceptual viewpoint. What's about the maintenance policy for extras? Thanks LF