2014-07-09 10:29 GMT+02:00 Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel at gmail.com>: > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> 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 ? > > EPEL is historically exremely cautios *not* to overlap with RHEL, and > thus with basic CentOS. extras..... is another issue. That's right. In my opinion, this is a CentOS issue. Fedora EPEL is not only for CentOS. Fedora EPEL packages are also for other RHEL clones like Scientific Linux or Oracle Linux. Best regards, Morten