Gene C. (czar(a)czarc.net) said:
2. Lets say something major which a lot of users will want is move
out of the
"core core" and into a secondary "repository" which will still be
fully
maintained by Red Hat employees. No flaming intended, but lets say this is
kde and all kde associated applications. Now that would be a big chunk but
it would also be something a lot of users would want. What is the current
thinking about how this "secondary repository" will be available to the user?
Furthermore, this must be done in such a manner that it is obvious that Red
Hat is NOT slighting the packages involved.
I don't see the reason why something like this would need to exist.
It's almost sounds like a slight against Extras, that people wouldn't
want to use it.
What I would expect to happen is subdivsions of Extras into arbitrary
groups that could be CD-ified; I don't think this is technically
much work.
5. There was some mention of RHEL having "extra" packages
which are not part
of the RHEL on CDs. How does RHEL handle the extra packages for stand-alone
systems?
They're available only in the RHN channel.
Bill