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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 11:30:14 +0200, Matthias Saou wrote:
> > If the issue is mp3 support, you can just hop over to
freshrpms.net
> > and get it there.
>
> Or watch out for a repository that adheres to Fedora's packaging
> guidelines.
You seem to imply that
freshrpms.net won't follow them... I've always
followed Red Hat's own practicises (as a lack of policies or guidelines),
and will continue following them, as that is a key element to clean
integration and compatibility.
"Fedora" = fedora.us as long as there aren't any packaging guidelines
at
fedora.redhat.com and as long as fedora.us will be the place where
[some] infrastructure is in place which allows for contributions from
the community. It will stay like that for some time.
With "packaging guidelines" I also refer to package submission and
release policies. The infamous second pair of eyes, for instance,
which takes another look at a new package before it gets published.
Policies which allow for an open release process. The interested user
can help with pre-release testing and can point out problems while a
new package is in the queue.
So far you've been doing a great job. Freshrpms is one of the first
repositories that is suggested when people are in search of add-on
packages. But
Freshrpms.net doesn't scale because you are the single
person who prepares the packages.
side note : What is currently known as Red Hat Linux doesn't
"adhere to Fedora's packaging guidelines" either. Time now to actually
make
the "merge" happen in order to clean this all up, and I won't be the only
one participating and needed to adapt.
Yes, the actual merging work will get interesting.
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