[CentOS-devel] Overlap between EPEL and CentOS ( non upstream pkgs )

On 07/09/2014 03:14 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 07/09/2014 12:24 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> On 07/09/2014 02:37 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> We are going to need to find a way to address content in CentOS ( or
>>> well, content in EPEL ) where there are packages in centos that didnt
>>> come from rhel but are going to overlap with whats in EPEL.
>>>
>>> Technically, this is a centos.org issue since EPEL's mandate requires
>>> them to not overlap with RHEL[1]. But with stuff going into
>>> CentOS-Extras/ and more content coming onboard from SIG's - and even
>>> from Core SIG - how are we going to address the overlap / flapping
>>> potential with EPEL ?
>>>
>>> I am going to be pulling in cloud-init with a couple of deps, need to
>>> have these in the centos.org repos to do cloud instance builds.
>>>
>>> - KB
>>>
>>> [1]: I am not sure if EPEL cant overlap with base RHEL or with variants
>>> and layered products ?
>>>
>> The only real way to handle it is with excludes or priorities in the yum
>> config files .. that, or some other thing like epochs or higher versions
>> in the centos.org content to make it newer (assuming that is the goal).
> I am hoping we can find a way to communicate this and sync with the epel
> folks in a manner that it does not cause too much issues. priorities
> will help i guess, but it will cause issues when people want to consume
> one and not the other ( either way ), specially when its down to libs
>
>
Can;t we go with a new/separate repo , default disabled,  with different 
(higher) priority ?