Rahul Sundaram wrote: > since fedora.us doesnt have a yum repo for fc3 and I heard from > somewhere that fedora is going officially announce extras as the > substitue I was wondering if you have any updates on that.... There's just been an announcement (yesterday or today, depending on your time zone) on this: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-November/msg01170.html > Currently the RPMS.extras directory is empty, because redhat's > infrastructure for the Extras relaunch is not done yet. We're *really* > close now with build servers in the rack and CVS in configuration and > heavy testing. Lots of tweaking and labor still pending. Don't ask for > ETA. If we have to answer questions, it will slow us down further. > Extras when built will be simultaneously available for i386 and x86_64 > (both supported FC3 archs) and distributed in > download.fedora.redhat.com. fedora.us will automatically replicate > from those directories for apt users. Insert appropriate levels of cynicism (about the time scale) here. But it will be very good news when it happens. James. -- E-mail address: james | If allowed to grow too long [hair] risks becoming @westexe.demon.co.uk | intimately acquainted with Mr. Fan, and nothing good | has ever been written about involuntary attachment to | 19-inch racks-full-of-swervers. -- "Tanuki"
