On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:34:03 -0500, Erik Kjær Pedersen wrote: > > Why not take the route of Fedora Extras and extend Fedora Core with add-on > > packages, which to use as foundation for even more packages? A single > > easy-to-find place where to get extra packages instead of a multitude of > > repositories around the world. > > It would be terible if that should happen. I use the rpm's from kde-redhat, > and they are just so much better than the ones from the fedora project. Apples and oranges. The kde-redhat project doesn't fit into the Fedora Extras definition, because it replaces packages in Fedora Core. That makes it either a Fedora Alternatives style repository or a 3rd party repository with even more freedom. Working on Fedora Extras as an extended collection of packages doesn't terminate kde-redhat's right to exist. > know because at work we have a standard fedora installation. I also really > like various rpm's I get from freshrpms and from dags repository, but the > example of kde-redhat where the rpm's exist in fedora.us shows that sometimes > the willingness do them the best possible way is apparently not there. Well, kde-redhat probably wants to remain a standalone repository, which doesn't depend on anything else than Fedora Core. It could depend on Fedora Extras, of course. -- Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) - Linux 2.6.9-1.2_FC2 loadavg: 1.49 1.37 0.64
