On 7/30/07, Ray Van Dolson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 11:08:49PM +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > So after the fact everyone can claim anything. The important thing is > > how did epel (or better said certain key persons in there) deal with > > it when they did not see the political ramifications they inflicted > > upon themselves? > > I understand how a lot of it "went down" (saw the meetings and am on > the lists as well), I'm just wondering if that aside (I know, hard to > do :), could there feasibly be an RPM-based solution to this that would > make repo-tags obsolete? > Not sure if in RPM itself (in its current incarnations). It would be sort of a layer above it that at its simplest is the yum priorities list.. and in a more complicated version would rank against rpm signatures so that package X with X1 signature could not replace anything with Y1 signatures. However, even if it were possible, I doubt it would stop it being brought up every couple of weeks.. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
