2006/4/1, Patrick Barnes <nman64@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Friday 31 March 2006 11:34, Demond James <dnjinc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Axel Thimm wrote: > > > But then hell breaks loose and people accuse JoeBob of forking fedora, > > > when all he wanted to do is either provide decent mirrors (local or > > > not) for his users or additional repos. Having to replace > > > fedora-release to do that results in for example: > > > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JohnMahowald/ATrpmsWarning > > > > What would help stop the propaganda Axel is descriptions of the changes > > that were made to these core packages. As it stands now I do not want > > to replace the core packages with your packages simply because I don't > > now what changes you made. Let me decided if I want that added > > feature. Other than that great job and great repo. Thank you! > > > > When you start changing packages from Core, it really is a fork by definition. > Replacing Core packages is not and will never be considered a good or safe > practice, and will never be supported by the Fedora Project. I'm not saying > that providing alternative packages is a bad thing, but you must clearly tell > users what they are getting. If you don't, then someone else has every right > to try, as John did. As soon as you change one package from Core, the system > isn't Fedora Core anymore, even if it is highly compatible. This is why the > Trademark Guidelines are so restrictive about changing systems and continuing > to call them Fedora Core. Providing alternatives to Core packages isn't > providing a third-party mirror or repository, it is providing an > *alternative* repository, and it is beyond the scope of the Fedora Project to > support that or make it easier in any way. > > The fedora-release package is the single package that defines the installed > release. Any file that is unique and critical to a particular release is not > out of place in that package. The repository configurations are arguably > release-agnostic, and could be reasonably split into a different package, but > only for reasons of maintainability. If you want to change the existing > files, tell users and give them the option. If you want to add new > repositories, provide a separate package. > > -- > Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes > nman64@xxxxxxxxx > > http://www.n-man.com/ > > Have I been helpful? Rate my assistance! > http://rate.affero.net/nman64/ > -- > > > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > > no 3rd party repo is supported by fedora including all the others... regards, Rudolf Kastl > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
