[CentOS] Re: are RPMForge and EPEL compatible?

On Friday 07 December 2007, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> I'd be happy to host the rest of this conversation in
> centos-devel at centos.org  - which might actually have more people
> watching who play a role in these situations ?

There is one point that belongs in the user CentOS list (and not on 
centos-devel) that is relevant to this discussion.  And, Johnny, I know it 
isn't a CentOS issue; it is a CentOS user's issue, however, and this is the 
only post on this subject I plan to make.

If a CentOS user wants KDE-Redhat on CentOS, then that user will be using EPEL 
(KDE-Redhat now requires it).

The incompatibility between EPEL and, say, DAG, means you no longer can mix 
KDE-Redhat and DAG (which I have done on a few C4 boxes a while back).  At 
some point, due to the EPEL requirement, yum update will quit working.  If 
you happen to have used a DAG package that is incompatible at a low level 
with EPEL's package of the same program, you have work to do.

Noting repository incompatibilities is a user issue; arguing/debating the 
merits of the repos and trying to collaborate is, as you have correctly 
noted, a developer issue.
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