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]]> By: quaid http://iquaid.org/2008/07/09/epel-package-count/#comment-2356 quaid Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:51:55 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=101#comment-2356 Interesting. I've been curious if some folks were using source rpms and some the final build packages, when doing package count. For the world of end-users and other package installers, my guess is the interest is in the specific built packages. That's what they are scrolling through, that is what they are installing, that is what they are counting. In the end it doesn't matter that much, except for potential confusion. Oh, yeah, and marketing value. :) Interesting. I’ve been curious if some folks were using source rpms and some the final build packages, when doing package count.

For the world of end-users and other package installers, my guess is the interest is in the specific built packages. That’s what they are scrolling through, that is what they are installing, that is what they are counting.

In the end it doesn’t matter that much, except for potential confusion. Oh, yeah, and marketing value. :)

]]> By: Michael Schwendt http://iquaid.org/2008/07/09/epel-package-count/#comment-2355 Michael Schwendt Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:09:57 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=101#comment-2355 Package count is typically done on source rpms with old package releases excluded. Repoview lists 886 (EL4) and 1680 (EL5) source rpms, but that includes old package releases. http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/4/SRPMS/repoview/ http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/SRPMS/repoview/ Package count is typically done on source rpms with old package releases excluded. Repoview lists 886 (EL4) and 1680 (EL5) source rpms, but that includes old package releases.

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/4/SRPMS/repoview/
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/SRPMS/repoview/

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