On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 01:02:53 +0000, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Maybe "Fedora Extras" is the right place for these packages, but I > don't know, packages in "Extras" should link against current shared > libraries, and extras maintaining compat-* packages may result in some > maintainers using those instead of rebuilding/patching when needed. Take a look at the Terminology page on the fedora website. This sounds like something the Fedora Alternatives namespace is suppose to cover somewhere along the line. -jef