Once upon a time, John Ellson <ellson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > However, I doubt that overlaps can be completely eliminated, or that > it is even desirable to completely eliminate them, so I think it is > more important to have a clear mechanism to allow the user to control > the default choice, and to be able to override it if desired. The best thing would be for the third-party repos to be split into overlapping and non-overlapping. Anything that doesn't replace a Core or Extras package (or require such a package) could go in a non-overlapping repo and things that does could go in an "alternatives" repo. That would leave the choice in the hands of the users; if they just want to add some compatible software to their Fedora system, they can just use a third-party base non-overlapping repo. If they want to replace Core and/or Extras packages with enhanced/updated/etc. packages from a third part repo, they use that third-party's alternatives repo. That still requires some end-user "buy-in"; I might want just one alternative from a third-party without wanting others, but I don't see it being practical to make it any finer grained. -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
