Apparently you're missed the point. These other repositories have been around a lot longer and have many more dedicated users than Fedora Extras currently has. They also have better reputations for compatibility and interoperability. If you go to my original message on the thread, you will see this URL:
Yes, I did miss the point a little and THAT is the point.
The only advice that I can give is that you should see what other repositories people are combining and use that as your basis.
Ok I get it now. But coming to Fedora and reading the link above, how would anyone know that there are other combinations or alternatives to fedora.us?
I would expect that this concept be part of the documentation. Maybe you all are so used to how repositories work that these notions are second nature already but for some (perhaps many) of us -- to not inform us on the fedora pages of the alternatives is a disservice to the community.
If fedora.us does not want to work with ATRPMS for whatever reason, I am not the one to quibble with them. Still, the Fedora docs are lacking in terms of an explanation about other solutions.
As it is now, the documentation at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/updates/ is sadly in need of being updated to reflect the realities of what is going on. Why can't the fedora.us people at the very least acknowledge the other repositories so we users can get a better picture of what our options for obtaining the packages we need really are.
This original post started with a flame on the behavior of fedora.us and now I understand why. The seem a little strong armed in their approach and losing sight of the big picture (increased linux adoption).
the Fedora Extras subproject's
Perhaps it would also be good to contact the repositories' mailing lists or maintainers and ask them specifically which other repositories are they cooperating with to try to maintain interoperability. I use FreshRPMs (the most popular repository for Fedora Core) and Planet CCRMA, and those two are working together. I'm sure that some others are, you might find some answers elsewhere on this thread.
Thanks for the info. I needed it.
Shawn wrote:
The only advice that I can give is that you should see what other repositories people are combining and use that as your basis.
Ok I get it now. But coming to Fedora and reading the link above, how would anyone know that there are other combinations or alternatives to fedora.us?
Um.. research?
Actually, I was aware of FreshRPMS *before* I was aware of Fedora.us (thanks to a book I'd been reading on Linux/Fedora Core). Most of what I've picked up on Fedora though has been after I installed it and just started scouring the net for information. I've developed quite an extensive list or bookmarks related to Fedora and (obviously) found and made use of this mailing list.
Scott wrote:
Um.. research?
Actually, I was aware of FreshRPMS *before* I was aware of Fedora.us (thanks to a book I'd been reading on Linux/Fedora Core). Most of what I've picked up on Fedora though has been after I installed it and just started scouring the net for information. I've developed quite an extensive list or bookmarks related to Fedora and (obviously) found and made use of this mailing list.
Scott, could you do me a favor and pass along those bookmarks to me? I have a slew of bookmarks myself but I'd like to compare if at all possible. The truly obvious ones like, tldp.org and what not can be omitted if you're interested in sharing those resources.
Sincerely,
Alex White
Alex White wrote:
Scott wrote:
Um.. research?
Actually, I was aware of FreshRPMS *before* I was aware of Fedora.us (thanks to a book I'd been reading on Linux/Fedora Core). Most of what I've picked up on Fedora though has been after I installed it and just started scouring the net for information. I've developed quite an extensive list or bookmarks related to Fedora and (obviously) found and made use of this mailing list.
Scott, could you do me a favor and pass along those bookmarks to me? I have a slew of bookmarks myself but I'd like to compare if at all possible. The truly obvious ones like, tldp.org and what not can be omitted if you're interested in sharing those resources.
Sincerely,
Alex White
If you can suggest an easy way to do that, sure.....
Scott wrote:
If you can suggest an easy way to do that, sure.....
What browser are you using? I can attempt to give you a quick and dirty way of doing it. If it's firefox then you can copy your bookmarks.html file and just remove any bookmarks that you don't feel are relevant or somethin' similar to that. Cuzz you know, I have no desire to see your 127 bookmarks on sushi lol j/k
If you don't know where that file is, it's mmm in /home/username/.mozilla/firefox/saltnumber.default/bookmarks.html
Mind the line wrapping if you would. Then you can look at it and edit it as you please and send it my way. If you like. If it gets all complicated and what not, then don't sweat it man. Thanks.
Alex White
Alex White wrote:
Scott wrote:
If you can suggest an easy way to do that, sure.....
What browser are you using? I can attempt to give you a quick and dirty way of doing it. If it's firefox then you can copy your bookmarks.html file and just remove any bookmarks that you don't feel are relevant or somethin' similar to that.
Tbat was the only way I'd had in mind. It just seemed a bit complcated. Especially considering I have *hundreds* of Bookmarks.
Scott wrote:
Tbat was the only way I'd had in mind. It just seemed a bit complcated. Especially considering I have *hundreds* of Bookmarks.
Hundreds? Jeez. Okay, well don't sweat it. It's not all that important I was just kind of curious what other people had out there. I'm not tryin' to complicate anyone's life or anything *chuckles*
Thanks Anyhow,
Alex White
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