Re: Starting point for README file
On 07/18/2009 03:34 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
Welcome to Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL).
WARNINGS:
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Use at your own risk. There is no guarentee that the package will
work or that it will not be upgraded tomorrow to an incompatible
package.
I prefer a more specific explanation of the process and policies
regarding what we *try* to provide rather than a generic warning. Since
I am not too close to them, I am not providing the alternative wording
here.
About:
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EPEL is a group of people trying to make packages inside of Fedora
available to users of Red Hat(TM) Enterprise Linux (and clones like
CentOS and Scientific Linux). Policies for what packages are allowed
inside of EPEL can be found at
I prefer instead:
EPEL (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) is a community of people who
provide a add-on repository of packages sourced from Fedora and built
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (and compatible community rebuilds such as
CentOS and Scientific Linux)
Changes to packages will be announced on
epel-announce-list(a)fedoraproject.org. Please subscribe at
http://something1.org
Packages are built via koji by maintainers and pushed into the EPEL
testing repository. They can be tested there, and votes about problems
can be put into bodhi (http://something2.org). Packages with 0 or
greater scores will be pushed into EPEL stable after two weeks.
Koji build system (http://koji.fedoraproject.org). Packages are usually
pushed .. . Can be overridden by the maintainer?
License:
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EPEL packages are delivered under open source licenses that are allowed
by Fedora. Source code for the packages can be found at various mirrors
or http://something3.org
EPEL software packages are delivered under free and open software
licenses and follow the same guidelines as Fedora as described in
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing
Rahul