On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:56:09 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: > ATrpms is packaging asterisk and friends for quite some time > now. ATrpms' buildsystem has also enabled Fedora Extras during the > build procedure to ensure better interoperability, e.g. use BR's out > of Fedora Extras. > > For some reason Fedora Extras now had to package a beta version of the > asterisk suite instead of the current release. I'm used to packagers > at FE ignoring existing packages at other repos which is a bad thing > per se, but why > > - packaging a beta software that is known to have troubles, > - creates broken builds for other non-suspecting repos and > - gets right into production repos like FC5? > > Note that for some packages it really makes sense to use > beta/prereleases, VCS cuts and the like, but there is no reason to do > so in this case. > > As a consequence I will not only need to rebuild all of the asterisk > suite again to pick up the proper dependencies, but also to stop using > Fedora Extras as a repo for build requirements and start using Epoch > on clean packages. This topic came to a sudden end on the same day it was started, without a clear resolution and without any conclusion on whether including beta versions of some software is "okay" in this case. Has FESCo looked into this? -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
