[CentOS-devel] Creating a CentOS-only package

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On 05/13/2014 02:59 PM, Kay Williams wrote:
> Perhaps an 'epel-plus' repo would make sense (someday)? Or an epel
> service for hosting misc repos for newer-than-rhel packages.
> 
> Not a big deal, just mulling that the qpid packages are not
> centos-specific (sorry, I know this is the centos-devel mailing
> list)...

Well, the idea is definitely to provide "a general solution for
hosting repositories for newer-than-RHEL-packages", if you accept that
as a description for what SIG variants do.

In discussions with Fedora folks, everyone seems fine with EPEL
sticking to it's original mission (and accepted brand.) There have
been discussion in Fedora for something Robyn calls EPIC (Extra
Packages for Infrastructure and Cloud), which is somewhat what you
describe - items that are newer and faster-moving.

Regardless, I think the first part stands - CentOS variant SIGs are
able to maintain newer-than-RHEL packages in their own repos. If they
want/need to share maintainership with another SIG, then all need to
decide which SIG has the package and maintain it as if in a higher
tier, meaning >1 can rely upon it.

- - Karsten

>> -----Original Message----- From: centos-devel-bounces at centos.org
>> [mailto:centos-devel- bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Karanbir
>> Singh Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 1:55 PM To:
>> centos-devel at centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS-devel] Creating a
>> CentOS-only package
>> 
>> On 05/13/2014 09:39 PM, Kay Williams wrote:
>>> But these newer versions are not really CentOS-only? They could
>>> be used with RHEL if someone wanted/needed them?
>>> 
>>> Perhaps point users to the newer versions in the OpenStack
>>> (RDO) repos? Or create a separate qpid repo where newer
>>> versions can always be had (for use with either CentOS or
>>> RHEL)?
>>> 
>>> Seems cleaner (IMHO) than muddling the packages with a general
>>> repo like centos-plus.
>>> 
>>> Maybe the question is whether CentOS is providing a general
>>> solution for hosting repositories for newer-than-rhel
>>> packages?
>> 
>> thats what Plus is for - a generic repo, the SIGs can chose to
>> run their own if they want
>> 
>> 
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