On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:05:42 -0700 Stephen John Smoogen <smooge gmail com> wrote: > On 21 January 2013 12:11, Russell Golden > <niveusluna www2 niveusluna org> wrote: > > I have a question that may better address the problem. At least to > > me. > > > > Why does epel-release need to change so much in the first place? > > I believe it is due to key signing. The key is signed against the > other Fedora Keys. So when the F18 key or some other key comes out, > the EPEL key gets signed with it. It doesn't change very often at all. From the changelog: * Sun Nov 04 2012 <stahnma fedoraproject org> - 6-8 - Fix URL bz #870686 * Wed May 09 2012 Jens Petersen <petersen redhat com> - 6-7 - add ppc64 to ghc_arches * Tue Jan 10 2012 Jens Petersen <petersen redhat com> - 6-6 - add /etc/rpm/macros.ghc-srpm from fedora redhat-rpm-macros * Tue Oct 12 2010 Michael Stahnke <stahnma fedoraproject org> - 6-5 - Fix bug #627611 * Wed Aug 11 2010 Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> - 6-4 - conflict fedora-release ... so 2 or 3 times a year due to macros or other adjustments and sometimes 0 times a year (2010). kevin
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