[CentOS-docs] Fwd: CentOS forum search link in http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories under Atomic Repo

[PatrickD Garvey]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Tom Sorensen <tsorensen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did the last major rewrite of the AdditionalRepos page, in large part
> because of issues we see repeatedly on the IRC channels. The repos placed
> in the "known problem" section are there for a good reason -- they replace
> base packages by default, or they're poorly maintained, leading to security
> issues. Or both.
>
> Atomic falls squarely into the former category -- it replaces key parts of
> the base OS with its own packages, and it has broken yum on numerous
> occasions in the process. While fixable, for most inexperienced users this
> is difficult and the best way forward is a full reinstall.
>
> Any repo that does that, repeatedly, deserves to be placed in that section.
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 10:59 PM, PatrickD Garvey <
> patrickdgarveyt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Maybe I posted this a little late on Friday for anyone to take an
>> interest in suggesting a properly built search URL for the current forum
>> software, so I did some experiments which led to the suggestion added below
>> the copy of the previous post.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 6:52 PM, I wrote:
>> > [
>> https://www.centos.org/search.php?query=atomicorp&mid=30&action=showall&andor=AND
>> forum search] returns a 404.
>> >
>>
>>
>> > Can the forum search https://www.centos.org/forums/search.php? be used
>> with parameters that will provide the supporting material for the warning
>> "Many CentOS users have had problems after enabling this repo"?
>> >
>>
>> My experimentation indicates this URL:
>>
>> https://www.centos.org/forums/search.php?submit=Search&amp;keywords=atomicorp+repo
>> returns 13 postings that discuss to use the Atomicorp repo with less than
>> satisfactory results.
>>
>> Do those 13 postings adequately support the admonition to use the
>> Atomicorp repo only with particular care?
>>
>
Gentlemen (Trevor and Tom),

The subject of my posting is not the reliability of the "Known Problem
Repositories", but the link rot in the
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories article.

In the specially tagged warning commentary in the Atomic Repo section is a
link to a search of the old CentOS forums that is described as providing
object lessons concerning the use of the Atomic Repo, <a class="https"
href="
https://www.centos.org/search.php?query=atomicorp&amp;mid=30&amp;action=showall&amp;andor=AND">forum
search</a>. It is no longer possible for that link to provide examples,
since the forum search is not located at https://www.centos.org/search.php.

I propose changing that link to
https://www.centos.org/forums/search.php?submit=Search&amp;keywords=atomicorp+repo
which seems to provide some (13) examples that support the warning text.

Do you agree that is a sufficient set of examples to provide or would you
like to provide an alternative set of search parameters?

I guess I relied too heavily on your reading my previous postings about
that wiki article and how I am modifying a copy of it to replace the
current article. My apologies for not making this and my other postings
sufficiently internally complete for you to understand what I was doing. I
hope you can answer my question from your experiences in guiding the use of
other repositories, especially those with Known Problems.
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