While discussing the repo layout stuff in the meeting today we were talking about what we'd like to do vs what we can do. And while we're headed to a bodhi/koji updates-testing system MHO is that it will likely be months before that is ready, it's simply an issue of time and not enough workers (though _blah_ may have volunteered, if so please come forward on the list :)
So the question at hand is, do we wait for these tools, or try to do the best with what we've got knowing that we have a long term plan. After all, many of us have been using EPEL for a couple of months already.
-Mike