So you’re wondering what’s up with Fedora Extras these days. We
have an announcement to make.
<Sopwith> So what should I put in the announcement?
<|Jef|> Sopwith: that we are all deeply deeply ashamed for
the delay and we throw ourselves on the mercy of the community and
ask for forgiveness
Thanks to the efforts of all the Extras contributors, you can
now get Fedora Extras packages from the main Fedora download site
at http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/
Fedora Extras are sets of packages that augment Fedora Core but
do not replace Fedora Core component packages. These packages, like
all packages that are part of The Fedora Project, must conform to
the legal requirements of the project and conform to the Fedora
Extras policies.
Examples of packages currently available in Fedora Extras
include:
bittorrent cfengine gqview jikes libsigc++ openslp rxvt
sqlite starfighter zope
with a total of over 500 packages available!
The fedora-extras-list (https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list/)
is the best place to discuss Extras.
If you’d like to start becoming involved with Extras
development, a good step beyond joining fedora-extras-list might be
http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/extras.shtml
<mschwendt> Sopwith: bug reports via bugzilla.redhat.com,
not bugzilla.fedora.us
Please remember to report bugs at <
ahref=”http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/”>http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/
Use a Product of “Fedora Extras”.
Seth Vidal deserves special recognition for continuing to be the
engine behind getting builds done and organized through the
fedoraproject.org site.
And thanks to you all for being part of Fedora!
— Elliot
Related Story:
Red Hat
Magazine: Fedora Status Report(Dec 16, 2004)