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[Dennis Gilmore]

On Friday 18 January 2008, Christopher Blunck wrote:
> So if we don't ship our own python but instead rely on the compat-
> python24 module we could be accepted to EPEL?
using the system python you could be in EPEL  RHEL5 includes python-2.4  RHEL4 
python-2.3

> Will EPEL be included in /etc/yum.repos.d in future Fedora releases?
EPEL is for RHEL most but not all EPEL packages are already in fedora

> If compat-python24 is promoted into Fedora proper would that then mean
> we would be a candidate for inclusion in Fedora proper?
if  then yes

> Is there any likelihood that compat-python24 will be promoted into
> Fedora proper?
highly unlikely.  hopefully plone/zope will be made to work with python-2.5+
then you will be ok to go into fedora. 

> Sorry for all the questions...  Just trying to better understand all
> the different groups, projects, and policies.  :)
>
> Thank you all for your help so far in understanding the environment.
>
>
>
> -c
>
> On Jan 18, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Jesse Keating wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:17:55 -0500
> >
> > Christopher Blunck <chris at zenoss.com> wrote:
> >> It helps.  It sounds like the best place for us to be is in the
> >> "Fedora package sets".  But based on what Warren said it seems like
> >> we are not compatible because we use our own python.  The
> >> compat-python24 is a livna RPM and the livna repository is not
> >> upstream of RHEL is it?
> >
> > Correct, the dependency on the older python will keep you out of
> > Fedora
> > proper for now.  However you won't have that issue in EPEL, since
> > EPEL-5 (for RHEL5) still uses python2.4.
> >
> > Livna is not one of the direct paths into RHEL, that is also correct.
> >
> > --
> > Jesse Keating
> > Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
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