To all EPEL packagers

[Michael Schwendt]

I've filed lots of -1 in bodhi for EPEL 5, and that doesn't cover all issues.

Untested packages: 

  Apparently, there are packagers, who mark their updates "stable" without
  even having tried to install the packages while they were being offered
  in epel-testing. This affects new packages as well as updates. It gives
  the smell of treating EPEL as just another build target and repo to dump
  builds at.  In one case, the packager has admitted he doesn't have an
  installation to test with. At least using a compatible CentOS
  installation on a multi-boot machine ought to be mandatory.

The RubyGems stack:

  There are several rubygem* (and ruby*) packages, which suffer from
  unresolvable dependencies. Dunno how complete repoclosure is on EL 5
  (e.g. with regard to Obsoletes), but it's available:

    $ sudo yum -y install yum-utils
    $ repoclosure | tee el5-broken-deps.log
    $

Missing rebuilds:

  At least "libevent" has had a SONAME bump in the base dist.
  Corresponding rebuilds of packages in EPEL 5 are missing.