On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:06:43 -0600 Michael Cronenworth <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Josh Boyer wrote: > > Everyone seems to think Coprs are > > awesome, but they can be used for the same things you deride > > containerized apps for. > > Please don't count me as "everyone." > > How is Coprs a benefit? > -Allows easy Fedora fragmentation. Why bother with package reviews > ever again? Were Ubuntu's PPAs seen as such an advantage because they > allowed every John Doe and Jane Smith to release packages put > together with duct tape? I highly value Fedora's packaging guidelines > and now to provide a service that does away with them is insulting. Like repos.fedorapeople.org ? How on earth do you get to 'does away with them' ? > -Who is going to police it? People will attempt at uploading binary > packages. (steam, NVIDIA, skype, etc) The copr maintainers? along with anyone who looks at them who wishes to report something non distributable. Just like repos.fedorapeople.org > -What's this do over running mock on your local system? Anyone can > generate RPMs on their own system the same way Koji/Coprs do. Sure they can. This just allows them a place to publish them and not use local computing resources to build them. kevin
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