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

On 06/27/2014 04:48 PM, Jim Perrin wrote:
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> 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)
>>
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> 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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> 


its also worth noting that epel does not overwrite stuff in the distro.
And we might need to / want to setup some sort of a nightly test in
ci.dev.centos.org to verify this and email / alert the right people.

- KB

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