On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 18:20, Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com> wrote:> On 1/3/21 2:51 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > > is it still OK to set up EPEL as a repo? > > > Yes. CentOS Stream is expected to be backward-compatible with RHEL, for > the same reason that each RHEL point release is backward-compatible with > previous point releases. > >Except in cases where packages in a RHEL point release are being rebased. This is something which is happening with a lot more gusto than in any previous releases so there may be points where say a QT or a gnomelib provides in Stream is ahead of EPEL> _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- Stephen J Smoogen.
On 1/3/21 8:34 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 18:20, Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 1/3/21 2:51 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >>> is it still OK to set up EPEL as a repo? >> >> >> Yes. CentOS Stream is expected to be backward-compatible with RHEL, for >> the same reason that each RHEL point release is backward-compatible with >> previous point releases. >> >> > Except in cases where packages in a RHEL point release are being rebased. > This is something which is happening with a lot more gusto than in any > previous releases so there may be points where say a QT or a > gnomelib provides in Stream is ahead of EPEL > >So how would one use this shiny bit of information? Is there a way to discover if an EPEL application is going to clobber your system before you install it? -- _ ?v? /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre ****
On 1/3/21 5:34 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:> Except in cases where packages in a RHEL point release are being rebased. > This is something which is happening with a lot more gusto than in any > previous releases so there may be points where say a QT or a > gnomelib provides in Stream is ahead of EPELQT and GTK+ are both stable within a major release, so there's no reason to worry about those: https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-abi-compatibility https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-abi-compatibility#Appendix