--- Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am not completely sure that I agree with the above. Sometimes you
> have to break eggs to cook them. Some packaging requires updated
base
> modules to function...unfortunate but true. If 'upstream' refuses
to update
> certain base packages, then they might have to be replaced by a
> repo to get other packages installed...you takes your chances. Good
luck
> getting things like mythtv installed without updating some of the
'core'
> packages...which is why I think (rather unfairly), Axel Thimms gets
> a lot of heat for his repo...because he is actually making edge
> packages work and sometimes he has to break eggs.
Broken eggs? A good example is on the centos list
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-March/020471.html
That is a SURE lot of eggs to break for just mythtv.
> I think the larger issue between Fedora repositories was
> standardization of naming that provided a logical system for one
repository to
> evaluate its versioning against another and that seems to have
gotten worked
> out in FC-4 repos.
> ----
> >
> > Craig, where is the KDE-Redhat repo, I'm not a fan of KDE but if
> > they have a newer SAMBA, I'll see whether it can quiten the logs.
> ----
> kde-redhat.sourceforge.net
Arhh i recognize that repo as one of Axel Thims. I wouldn't touch
anything from ATRMS/kde-redhat.sourceforge.net with a barge pole.
On the subject of Fedora since i haven't touched FC4, they may have
ironed out the "repository hell" situation.
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