Re: Fedora needs more evangelism for repositories

From: Mike Fedyk (mfedyk_at_matchmail.com)
Date: 06/24/04

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    Brad Smith wrote:
    > Thanks for the thoughtful comments, though I think they would be
    > better made as individual emails to the people that run these sites. I

    True, but there are a lot of one man efforts that don't go anywhere, so
    I'd like to get some feedback from others in the fedora community on
    this topic.

    > 1) I think there are times when downloading and installing a package
    > is fine, even preferable to using a repository. One example is when
    > there are no dependancies issues and there is no expectation that the
    > user will be installing other packages from that repo often.

    No. Many times there are minor upgrades to a package to fix packaging
    errors. This is the power of repositories, and shouldn't be overlooked.

    Package upgrades, interaction with packager about packaging bugs (not
    app bugs, since that should be taken to the upstream developers).

    > Adding
    > repositories unnescessarily to your apt/yum config files just
    > increases the the number of headers to be dealt with, taking up time
    > and disk space. I think a document on the subject should keep this in
    > mind.

    The only drawback I can see is if repositories get mixed without
    priorities setup (only apt supports this AFAIK).

    Here is my /etc/apt/preferences file:
    Package: *
    Pin: release a=Fedora Linux Freshrpms
    Pin-Priority: 600

    Package: *
    Pin: release c=dag
    Pin-Priority: 610

    Package: *
    Pin: release o=Livna.org
    Pin-Priority: 1800

    Package: *
    Pin: release l=Fedora Extras, a=stable
    Pin-Priority: 1850

    If package abc is in "Fedora Extras" and any other repository, it will
    only use the "Fedora Extras" package. This should keep repository
    mixing from happening for the most part.

    Repository use, and especially repository prioritization (if you use
    more than Fedora Extras and Livana) needs to be emphasized.

    > 2) I run fedoratracker.org, the goal of which is to make searching and
    > using fedora apt/yum repositories more practical. If you want to draft
    > a document like the one you describe and it turns out well then if no
    > one from a more authoritative site offers to I can link it from my
    > 'resources' page.

    Thanks

    Mike 

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