On 11/28/2004 01:11:25 PM, William M. Quarles wrote:
I will say that I specifically do not like the fact that some of the popular repositories out there offer packages that REPLACE Fedora Core packages in the same repository as their add on packages - they really should separate those out to a different repository so that users like me who want to think long and hard before replacing a core package won't have to worry about that. Fedora Extras does not replace Core packages, it is safe to use. When it is available ;)
Well, Fedora is hypothetically cutting and bleeding edge, but quite frankly a lot of the packages that show up in it are out of date. The need for these maintainers to supply updated packages just points more strongly at the fact that Fedora is running behind on some packages, and updates are necessary for other software to be useful with it.
The Linux kernel itself has traditionally been missing a lot of well-deserved optimizations, and Red Hat has made it a tradition to modify the kernel for better hardware support and bug-fixes. As for kernel packages, some of the maintainers feel that they are doing the same. Planet CCRMA says exactly why they need to have a modified kernel.
<http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/installkernelandsound.html> <http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/system.html>
However, the nice thing about kernel packages is that they don't have to replace the official packages.
Peace, William
