On Nov 22, 2010, at 12:49 PM, David Strauss wrote: > On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 11:15 -0600, BJ Dierkes wrote: >> SUGGESTED RESOLUTION: >> >> A possible solution would be to create an additional repository for >> these types of packages. Essentially, a repo where IUS packages can >> move to if they are added to RHEL base. This repo would be different >> in that it would not be enabled by default via the ius-release >> package... and the packages in the repo have the same name as a >> package in stock RHEL. >> >> We have not made any changes at this point. If you have any feedback >> please feel free to reply on list. Thinking of an appropriate name >> for the repo would be helpful as well, as we are unsure what name >> would make sense to users. > > It seems like it would be more consistent to further extend the name of > the IUS package. Typically, IUS seems to do this by adding a suffix more > specifically indicating the version. Perhaps a php53u package (or > similar) would be in order, with the "u" (or other character) indicating > that the package intends to march forward with upstream stable releases, > in contrast to RHEL sticking with a specific release and back-porting > fixes. >
This is a really good idea. I had a brief thought of making 'php53' become 'php53-ius' just to make it a different package name... but really thought it was messy and confusing like. But 'php53u' is a good alternative... and would allow us to maintain the upgrade model... rather than adding another repo that would be confusing. Thankfully this is a really edge case... I don't really expect RHEL 5.x to get many more additions like this... but adding a 'u' for 'upstream' makes complete sense. Thanks for the feedback! --- BJ Dierkes Linux Systems Engineer IV / [RH]acker Infrastructure Services [Development] Rackspace Hosting _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ius-community Post to : ius-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ius-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp