I've been saying this for a while as if it's fact, but of course it's not actually fact until approved, so I'm puting this to the EPEL team to hopefully do so. The current guidelines * say: EPEL packages should only enhance and never disturb the Enterprise Linux distributions they were built for. Thus packages from EPEL should never replace packages from the target base distribution - including those on the base distribution as well as layered products; kernel-modules further are not allowed, as they can disturb the base kernel easily. With modularity in EPEL 8, we have the opportunity to allow more flexibility while preserving the primary goal of not disturbing the base distribution. Therefore, I propose adding: In EPEL 8 or later, it is permitted to have module streams which contain packages with alternate versions to those provided in RHEL. These packages may be newer, built with different options, or even older to serve compatibility needs. These MUST NOT be the default stream -- in every case, explicit user action must be required to opt in to these versions. (Note that the base package _does not_ have to be part of a module for this to work.) What do you think? * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies#Packaging_Guidelines_and_Policies_for_EPEL -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Project Leader _______________________________________________ epel-devel mailing list -- epel-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to epel-devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/epel-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
