On 06/04/2015 09:44 AM, Tini wrote:
> i'd like to stay with sl6, but there are some programs i need for
> coding.
> unfortunately they're not in the repo and i can't add them manually.
>
> do the developers take suggestions on files to add to the repo?
>

Hi Tini,

Unfortunately, no.

The only exception is that if it is supported by the Fedora
project.  RHEL and clones are variations of Fedora.  SL6
is essentially Fedora Core 13 and SL7 is essentially
Fedora Core 21.  And often times, Fedora's packages will
run directly in SL.

If the package your are after is in Fedora and won't directly
run in SL, you can go into Red Hat's Bugzilla and ask for an
equivalent package in EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux).
You go into the new bug, choose Fedora, EPEL and ask the maintainer
for a version for EPEL.

Here is an example of one of mine and how to ask:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1116208

You will note I got turned down.  A lot of this depends on
the charity of the maintainer.  But, sometimes it works
too.

-T



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