Why is the Fedora Project sponsoring EPEL?
EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project WikiA large number of contributors and users of Fedora and Enterprise Linux want to work within Fedora to provide these packages. The Fedora Project is a user of EPEL packages within the Fedora infrastructure itself. The Fedora Project is in a position to know the pain of not having a desired piece of software included in the RHEL distribution, and also a unique position to do something about it.
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EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project WikiPackages are peer reviewed against extensive packaging guidelines before being imported into the repository. Only updates that fix important bugs get pushed to the stable repository directly. Other updates hit a testing repository first and get released as an EPEL scheduled update in parallel with the EL scheduled updates. Packages often are tested in Fedora, too. The Fedora Packaging Guidelines and QA team back up all these efforts, helping to avoid errors.
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EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project WikiNo, you don't have to. You can if you want, or you can ask somebody else to maintain the package in EPEL for you. In some cases, you may be approached by a current EPEL maintainer who wants to maintain your package in EPEL. You can use a compatible derivative of RHEL for testing, it should be 100% compatible. Mock is available in Fedora and ships config files that can be used to test build the packages. All Fedora packagers can request EPEL branches in CVS via the normal procedure.
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EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project WikiEPEL is just one of several add on repositories with RPM packages for RHEL and derivates. It is not a official repository. The different repositories serve different users bases or follow different ideas. Just like RHEL itself, EPEL in reality is more a "downstream" in the sense that Fedora is upstream and EPEL just like Red Hat takes packages for its product that are constantly developed, tested and received feedback in Fedora.
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EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project WikiThe plan is to have one primary maintainer per packages who is responsible for making certain that the package enhancements applied to one tree (for example, EL4) find their way into the other trees (for example, Fedora devel). This maintainer decides what makes sense to apply for the package in general. New EL branches for new EL releases are normally be created from the associated Fedora branch on which the EL release is based.
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Frequently Asked QuestionsThis will probably happen in the future. I started making the rpms for libferris' dependancies well before Fedora started. There are many rpms that I have for the dependancies for libferris and it will take a while to feed them into the mainline Fedora project. The other point to note is that time spent packaging is time not spent coding and I tend to prefer the latter.
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Info Kairali - Linux - Fedora ProjectFedora Core releases will be available as ISO images for both CDs and DVDs, and will also be available through other channels such as third-party online sales of physical media; distribution at Linux User Groups, included in magazines and in books, and maybe even handed out at trade shows. The bits may be actively pushed into content sharing networks such as BitTorrent. (Not all mechanisms will be used for each release, except that ISOs will be freely available for each release.
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Info Kairali - Linux - Fedora ProjectYes, and we strongly encourage you to do so. You will need to comply with The Fedora Project trademark rules.
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Info Kairali - Linux - Fedora ProjectSecurity updates, bugfix updates, and new feature updates will all be available, through Red Hat and third parties. Updates may be staged (first made available for public qualification, then later for general consumption) when appropriate. In drastic cases, we may remove a package from The Fedora Project if we judge that a necessary security update is too problematic/disruptive to the larger goals of the project.
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Info Kairali - Linux - Fedora ProjectRed Hat will initially focus on the x86 family of architectures. Red Hat may also choose to build Fedora Core for other architectures, and in doing so will focus on architectures in which it has a business interest. This will make it easier to identify and fix bugs; the sooner they are found, the easier it is to isolate the change that caused the bug and therefore the easier it is to fix. Other community members are welcome to participate in building for other architectures.
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EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project WikiEPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a volunteer-based community effort from the Fedora project to create a repository of high-quality add-on packages that complement the Fedora-based Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its compatible spinoffs, such as CentOS and Scientific Linux. part of the Fedora packaging community, EPEL packages are 100% free/libre open source software (FLOSS).
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The Unofficial Fedora FAQThe Fedora Project needs a lot of people to help in a lot of areas! Can you write documentation? Can you code? Do you know anything about bugs? Can you translate? Would you like to learn about any of these? Are you artistic? Do you just want to help out in any way you can? The Fedora Project has a great page that describes how you can help. Check it out!
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The Fedora Legacy ProjectIn general, we will provide security updates and critical bug fixes for selected versions of Red Hat Linux and Fedora Core. No new features or packages will be introduced except where they are required for future management of updates. In order to publish security packages in a timely manner, they have different priorities. Network exposed services have the highest priority, while client applications have a lower development priority.
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Frequently Asked Questions - openSUSEThe Fedora Project, sponsored by Red Hat, is an open source effort with a strong community. There are also many other significant open source projects, such as Debian and Ubuntu, that serve active user and development communities. Generally speaking, these open source projects focus on engineering-centric issues that serve their technical community of Linux developers and users.
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Related QuestionsWhich releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or derivatives does EPEL project provides packages for?
EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project WikiEPEL project provides add-on packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x and 4.x releases and compatible derivatives. Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 are not provided since they are under maintenance phase following the errata support policy from Red Hat and packages sourced from Fedora is unlikely to build properly against the older version of packages available in these releases making it very difficult to maintain properly.
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Info Kairali - Linux - Fedora ProjectNo, no formal Web or phone support for The Fedora Project will be available from Red Hat. Red Hat's supported product line will be based in part on Fedora Core, and our development will be done externally as part of The Fedora Project as much as possible. Each new release of our supported products will be based in part on a recent release of Fedora Core.
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How can I find out if a package is from EPEL?
EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project Wikirpm -qp foo-0.1-5.el5.i386.rpm --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} %{VENDOR}\n' foo-0.1-5.el5 Fedora Project $ rpm -qp foo-0.1-5.el5.i386.rpm --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} %{DISTRIBUTION}\n' foo-0.1-5.el5 Extras Packages for Enterprise Linux $ rpm -qp foo-0.1-5.el5.i386.rpm --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} %{SIGGPG}\n' foo-0.1-5.el5 883f030500468e3e4e119cc036217521f611025863009f5fe424c6fe4bc81a57f45722e465e71381dda2f6009f7c08e1743794b5b9a5a4cd149081092801a5d935
Related QuestionsWho can contribute to EPEL?
EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project WikiAnyone interested. If you are using RHEL or compatible spin off's and if you have the required skills for maintaining packages or are willing to learn, you are welcome to contribute.
Related QuestionsHow do I get my packages into EPEL?
EPEL/FAQ - Fedora Project WikiYou have to follow the same process as Fedora except that you can request an EPEL branch, tag, and build.
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FAQs - GCEPGCEP sponsors include four companies with experience and expertise in key energy sectors. The sponsoring companies, who participate in the Project on an equal basis, contribute significant financial resources (anticipated up to $225 million over a decade or more), technical expertise, and insights concerning eventual deployment of energy technologies.
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Manual:FAQ - MediaWikiFedora Core enables SELinux by default. Instructions for setting SELinux permissions for MediaWiki are available.
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