[users] Re: [packagers] The demise of the repotag

[Morten Kjeldgaard]

Rex Dieter wrote:
> Now, here is one more fact:  Whether you want to believe it or not,
> Fedora (and EPEL) not only believes 3rd part repo
> coordination/cooperation is a good idea, it is a matter of documented
> procedure/policy.
>
>   
<flame>
You mean like, the kind of coordination _you_ exhibited when you started 
packaging fftw version 3.* with package name fftw, when in virtually all 
other repositories (also Debian, fink, etc) that package name is 
reserved for fftw version 2.*? When questioned about it your response at 
the time was "it's my way or the hiway", and even if you later 
apologized for that arrogant remark, you still continue your evil ways, 
and left your repo incompatible with RPMforge.
</flame>

I don't hold a grudge against you, Rex, but I could not resist to 
demonstrate how hard cooperation really is. You chose to provide fftw 
like you do to remain compatible with Fedora Extras. So unless you are 
_really_ committed to cooperation, the EPEL procedure/policy will just 
remain: words. I understand Dag is annoyed with EPEL, since 
Dag/Dries/Mathias/RPMforge have been in the "repo-business" for years, 
there is a large number of subscribers, yet Dag met arrogance and 
besser-wissen on EPEL's mailing list.

-- Morten