[CentOS] yum issue with extras repo?

[drew einhorn]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
> drew einhorn wrote:
>
>> epel is not concerned about their
>> compatability with other 3rd party repos.
>
> Please, stop the FUD.
>
>> And there is
>> a lot of lingering animosity.  Just mentioning epel in some
>> places is enough to evoke a bitter response.
>
> and thank you so much for perpetuating the problem.
>

I'm sorry.  Your are absolutely correct.  I should not have
commented on the intent of any repo developers.

However the fact remains that all repos test the
compatibility among the packages they distribute,
and test for compatibility with packages distributed
in the standard repos.

They do not do as thorough a job of testing with respect
to all other 3rd party repos.  There are other 3rd party repos,
they probably have not even heard of much less tested.

I do use epel on some systems.  There are packages I
sometimes need that are not included in other repos.

In my repo yum-priorities configurations epel either comes
immediately after the standard centos repos, or it is near the end,
just before "testing" versions of other repos.

We really need better repository tools, when dealing
with multiple 3rd party repos.  It is not easy to see
which packages came from which repos,
much less understand compatibility issues
among packages from different 3rd party repos.

We would be in a better place if the repotag
had survivied the repo wars.

-- 
Drew Einhorn