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.



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