[CentOS-devel] Adding the EPEL release package to the extras repository

[Jim Perrin]

On 06/27/2014 09:35 AM, Dan Porter wrote:
> My main concern would be that it would give an implicit approval of all
> EPEL packages for CentOS 7. That also implies that we would support
> EPEL packages in the IRC channel and other forums even though CentOS has
> no control over those packages at all.
> 
> Remember that by installing the ‘release’ package from any repository, you
> implicitly agree to the terms they provide in their license. I don’t think
> we’ll have to support EPEL as a result (just support for the release
> package itself)
> 


Most of the irc regulars already recommend EPEL as the first place to go
for things not in the distro, so there's already some level of implicit
approval. You are correct in that we only need to support the release
package itself. Anything beyond that is up to the whims of whoever is
helping on irc. If they choose to assist, I don't see a problem. If they
choose to punt over the fence into #epel, that works too.



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