Fostering Cooperation (was Yum and EXTRAS)

[Andy Green]

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Michael Schwendt wrote:
| On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:34:06 +0100, Andy Green wrote:
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|>|>(The idea in the link above that the solution to multiple repos
|>|>is that there should only be one uber-repo, and that other guys should
|>|>"submit" packages for inclusion in the uber-repo is unfortunate).
|>|
|>| What makes it "unfortunate"?
|>
|>It comes over like a land-grab.  "Cooperation is
|>impossible"/submit/resistance is futile does not help.
|
| Reading between the lines is counter-productive and is one source of
| misunderstandings. The page does not claim that cooperation would be
| "impossible". You quoted a paragraph yourself, which explains where
| fundamental problems are seen. The bottom of the page also comments on
| users' preferences, such as the desire to get as many add-ons as possible
| from a single place.

I don't know how to read that page except as a statement that you will
not be cooperating with other repos unless they "submit" packages to
you.  Therefore summarizing it that "cooperation is impossible" seems
fair.  If you are saying cooperation with Dag is in fact possible, great!

|>| Have you ever before thought about how exactly collaboration between
|>| multiple repositories could work? If so, care to share some thoughts?
|>
|>Yeah.  Have you thought about extending RPM?
|
| An extended/enhanced RPM is _not_ something we have at the moment. It's
| not something that was available when Fedora at fedora.us was discussed.
| It's not ready. Hence it doesn't solve any problem. It doesn't remove the
| need for fine-grained packaging policies either, which extend up to the
| spec-file level.

What kind of policies are we talking about here?  Since everyone at
least agrees to be compatible with Fedora base, maybe these problems too
are open to a technical solution.

- -Andy
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