RE: Rawhide and contrib

Hi to everybody,

I wonder, Where can I download Red hat Rawhide ?
Can I install rpms from Rawhide on my RH 7.3/8.0 test machines ?

Thanks in advance,
Dov.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Nitebirdz
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 2:59 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Rawhide and contrib
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 07:30:54PM +0200, Dov wrote:
> > Hi to Everybody.
> >
>
> Dov,
>
>
> I'm by no means an expert, but since this list doesn't have much traffic
> and I'm not sure you will get a quick reply... well, let me give it a try.
> If I get something wrong, I hope other people can step up to the plate and
> correct me.
>
> > I'm trying to understand 2 things :
> >
> > 1. what is redhat rawhide ?
>
> Red Hat's Rawhide is the cutting edge, permanently in alpha state, version
> of Red Hat's distribution that, after it comes to be sort of
> stable, becomes
> the beta release you may hear about every now and then.  In other
> words, it
> is constantly under development, and you should _not_ install it on _any_
> system where stability is an issue.  On the other hand, if you would like
> to see what is to come in future releases, and/or like to get your hands
> dirty in anything Red Hat or Linux... give it a try.
>
> > 2. what is contib.redhat.com ?
> >
>
> Contrib is the server that contains software contributed by people in the
> Linux community and that is not a part of the official Red Hat Linux
> distribution.  For example, you may package a given application in a nice
> RPM that was compiled with some options that are not present in
> the official
> Red Hat RPM.  If you want to share it with the community, you can upload
> it to the contrib server.
>
>
>
> ----------------
> Nitebirdz
>
> Mozilla--> http://www.mozilla.org/
> Linux XFS--> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
>
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