[CentOS] nodejs, epel, SCL
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Jun 2 15:06:50 UTC 2014
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> That seems pretty dangerous if the packages replace standard or EPEL
>> libraries/components. I'd have expected them to have some sort of
>> namespace concept for dependencies to keep the sets of packages
>> completely independent. That is, I thought being independent was the
>> point. Shouldn't you be able to have multiple versions installed?
>>
>
> I consider this a bug, as the SCL's should be self-contained. We'd need
> to see if this occurs upstream as well, and then file a bug there if so.
>
There's really a bigger issue of how EPEL is supposed to fit in the
world of 'other' repositories. What should happen when
centosplus/extras has a same-named package? Other 3rd parties?
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Les Mikesell
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