[EPEL-devel] Re: Proposal: gate all stable release updates on rmdepcheck

Carl George <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Jul 2026 16:56:33 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.epel.devel,gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.testers
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