[arch-devops] Curious about Arch repository policy

[Bartłomiej Piotrowski]

On 2018-03-27 16:18, Sudarshan Kakoty via arch-devops wrote:
> Hello;
> 
> I was reading "Arch Wiki" and felt curious about that difference between
> extra and community repo.
> 
> Some packages, such as "meson" is in the "extra" repo, whereas "ninja"
> is in "community" repo. The interesting fact is that - /"ninja"/ is an
> implicit dependency to /"meson"/. So why that is (ninja) in the
> community repo?
> 
> Also, some critical GNOME specific packages are part of the
> community repo. Even, some compilers, like Haskell is also part of the
> community repo. What is the exact difference between extra and
> community repository?
> 
> I wonder, Is it really important to have that split?
> 
> 

Please move it to arch-general, arch-devops is for discussions on our
server infrastructure, not how distribution is being managed.

Bartłomiej