Re: Log from last weeks EPEL SIG meeting (20070912)
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
00:35:34 <warren> BTW, I inserted this rule into RH's
processes for adding a new package to RHEL.
00:35:53 <warren> something like "Check EPEL to be sure your new package is
newer"
I would like to comment on this one.
It would be important to add that epoch-inflation is undesirable/unwanted.
I know that in some cases it cannot be avoided, but still I would hate to
see Red Hat ship some older release with a higher (non-zero) epoch for
convenience when they at least could see if the EPEL version would pass QA
testing.
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