On 01/13/2014 08:18 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org> wrote: >> >> The way I envision this working is as follows: >> >> - Tier 1 repositories: Adds packages only. These repos may not update >> or replace anything in the core distribution. (Example: EPEL) > > What about the scenario where you want packages from more than one > tier 1 repo? Will there be some coordination to at least try to > avoid conflicts across them or document the workarounds if they > happen? It will probably be common to require EPEL in addition to > at least one other tier 1 (unless there is a horrible amount of > duplication) - so what will prevent the addition of packages into EPEL > that conflict with other tier 1's even if they start out without > conflicts? > I proposed (in thread "Repositories in new ecosystem and Desktop version") that yum priorities levels/numbers (and Manuel Wolfshant proposed exclude/include) are being agreed on for CentOS maintained and 3rd party repositories. The whole proposal is in that thread, and I was hoping to get some responses anyway. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant