[CentOS] Creating a Centos endorsed 3rd part repo

[Phil Schaffner]

Keith Roberts wrote on 05/20/2011 10:57 AM:
> OK. I am listening to all your comments. My repo would be
> using dependencies probably from the other centos repos,
> like ATrpms, remi, EPEL, et al. If they needed any that is.

In my experience packages that need dependencies from more than one 3rd 
party repo tend to be problematic.  The more different repos required 
the more problems with conflicts between repos and different packaging 
philosophies.

If you can confine your dependencies to at most one or two repos, then 
life will be easier for both you and any potential users of the 
packages.  Again, once you have working packages, then offering to 
contribute and maintain them at the repo[s] on which they depend would 
be a good idea.

Phil