On disttags (was: Choosing rpm-release for fc1 and fdr add-on rpms)

Alexandre Oliva aoliva at redhat.com
Tue May 18 21:36:11 UTC 2004


On May 18, 2004, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net> wrote:

> The bottom line is disttags bring a lot of benefits as can bee seen in
> their implementation in the wild, have caused no harm, and come at
> very little expense.

I don't see benefits for the core proper, and I do see problems.  So
it's not as clear-cut as you say.  The reality of add-on repositories
is quite different because their goal is to use the same package on
multiple OSs.  Issuing updates doesn't work that way.

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