#61: Fedora Packaging Guidelines: Weak Dependencies on packages from third-party repos -------------------------+--------------------- Reporter: maxamillion | Owner: Status: new | Priority: normal Component: General | Resolution: Keywords: meeting | -------------------------+---------------------
Comment (by fale):
Hi,
I don't see possible legal problems (but probably I'm a little bit short- sighted on this topic).
As for the mattdm point in the meeting about the possibility that a third party repo provides a package with the same name but with completely different features, this is always a problem (even with core packages) since any repository can 'override' other repositories packages (using a higher version number).
I think the problem is more about the fact mentioned by Kevin affirming that if we 'vet' one repo but not others, this is like saying that Fedora endorse those 3rd party repos.