Dag Wieers wrote:
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Apt allows this by use of pinning packages/repositories (a feature that Yum does not have either) although the configuration if Apt's pinning functionality is a major disaster and should be part of a developer's hall of shame all by itself :)
I've used APT to upgrade packages, and I've read about this "pinning" feature before; what is this "pinning"?
Summary: I don't think a repository maintainer should suffer because applications lack functionality that users want. Especially if it can be automated fairly easily (ie. the path of the least amount of work).
BTW the core packages that are replaced (at least from the RPMforge project, FreshRPMS, Dries, Dag and PlanetCCRMA) are minor, only for leaf-packages (not libraries) and if there's a real need. My website has a Rationale attached to each of these packages.
I just got told about this Fedora Alternatives subproject; sounds like the same stuff only it probably won't work as good as FreshRPMS, et al.
Seriously, the replacement packages that I have used never break compatibility with Fedora Core programs. They are usually adding something to that package's features rather than taking or breaking away.
---- Peace, William
