On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Trevor Hemsley <trevor.hemsley at ntlworld.com> wrote: >>> Is it possible to merge elrepo.org contribute to centos main repository?elrepo.org contribute the latest hardware driver and latest kernel for centos.Using it for a longtime, just want to know if it possible to got it merged to centos main repository. >>> What we expected? The latest kernel cotains more optimizer for filesystem driver. such as XFS. >> >> Short answer? No. >> >> Long answer: >> >> 1. The base repository design will not change. These packages could be >> accepted into a SIG or variant build, but they will never be in base. >> >> 2. Elrepo is an entirely separate project that we have no control over. >> It's entirely up to them to decide if they want to go this route. We >> could certainly welcome them, but it's not our decision to make. > > Since ELRepo make a point of being independent and working with all RHEL > clones and RHEL itself, I do not think they really fit in the CentOS space. On the other hand it would save a step for many users and lower the learning curve for anyone new to include the release-rpm for the elrepo and EPEL repositories in the distribution - even if they were disabled by default. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com