A1tmblwd@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Brian Richardson <brian@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
A1tmblwd@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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perl-XML-Parser from Dag
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Dag, at least, points out that his packages may/will depend on other
packages _in his repository_. This is the case for all 3rd party vendors
He is also nice enough to point out when a particular package is
maintained by another repository. Simply put, the RPMs provided by the
Fedora Project are considered authoritative for a particular package.
Any add-ons will of course be provided by 3rd-party vendors. The
coincidence of names is simply that.
If it is coincidence up2date, yum and apt are in dire need of improvement because none of these applications can distinguish between packages from an authoritative source and 3rd-party. Once the repositories are enabled these applications will indicate that ATrpms's package is an upgrade for Fedora's.
I need to correct myself. The rpm naming scheme need improvement so
that up2date, etc. can perform the differentiation.
--Kam
