On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
>
> The *only* viable solution for when packages are pulled in from EPEL
> to RHEL proper is to either pull them in at the same version as EPEL,
> or to inflate the epoch for the package in RHEL so it always obsoletes
> EPEL (though this can also be tricky, as downgrading foo-1.2 to
> foo-1.1 can has undesired side-effects).
>
> This is a policy decision that needs to be worked out between EPEL and
> RHEL -- preferably ASAP.
>
I partially agree except that I'd say this is a policy decision that
should be worked out between package maintianers. I suspect a bug filed
against trousers would do the trick. Has anyone contacted the maintainer
yet? No need for us all to get caught with our trousers around our ankles
:)
-Mike
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