{"podcast":{"title":"Fedora Project Podcast","slug":"fedora-project-podcast-893246","podcast_index_feed_id":893246,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fireside.fm/fedoraproject/rss","website_url":"https://fedoraproject.fireside.fm","image_url":"https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/6/69d26111-eb69-4226-8efa-956bf88be098/cover.jpg?v=7","author":"Fedora Project","episode_count":61,"summary":"This Podcast will feature interviews and talks with the people who make the Fedora community awesome. These folks work on new technologies found in Fedora, or they produce the distro itself. Some work on putting Fedora in the hands of users. There’s so much going on in Fedora; it takes a whole podcast series!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T10:21:29.565816+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fedora-project-podcast-893246"},"episode":{"title":"57: What is EPEL","slug":"57-what-is-epel","published_at":"2026-07-29T18:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fedora-project-podcast-893246/57-what-is-epel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fedora-project-podcast-893246","url":"https://fedoraproject.fireside.fm/57","audio_url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/69d26111-eb69-4226-8efa-956bf88be098/b55d04b7-da19-4074-9e7d-3a47d7215360.mp3","summary":"EPEL is one of those repos a lot of us turned on without thinking twice. This episode, Noah and Eric sit down with Carl George, who leads the EPEL team at Red Hat, to explain what EPEL actually is, the golden rule that gives it its reputation, and the changes Carl is proposing for EPEL 11. If you run enterprise Linux, or you have ever typed dnf install epel-release, this one is for you. Carl is collecting feedback on the EPEL 11 idea right now, so give it a listen and jump into the thread. Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:12 Meet Carl George 04:25 What is EPEL? 07:50 EPEL's golden rule 09:32 Getting started: CRB + epel-release 10:38 Who governs EPEL 16:08 The road to EPEL 10 21:45 Minor versions and the EPEL team 24:44 The private mirror problem 34:09 Cleaning it up in EPEL 11 40:26 Getting involved & RPM packaging 50:36 Wrap-up Links from this episode EPEL 11 discussion thread: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/looking-back-at-epel-10-and-forward-to-epel-11/197373 EPEL branches documentation: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/branches/ How to request an EPEL package: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-package-request/ What can I do for Fedora?: https://whatcanidoforfedora.org/ Join the Package Maintainers: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/Joining_the_Package_Maintainers/ RPM packaging lab (RHDP): https://zero.rhdp.net/lab/zt-rhelbu.zt-rpmbuild.prod New to Fedora? Get started: https://fedoraproject.org/ Follow the Fedora Podcast: https://podcast.fedoraproject.org Join the conversation on Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#podcast:fedoraproject.org Become part of the Fedora community: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/join/ Connect with Eric the IT Guy: https://linktr.ee/itguyeric Our guest: Carl George, EPEL Team Lead at…","meta_description":"EPEL is one of those repos a lot of us turned on without thinking twice. This episode, Noah and Eric sit down with Carl George, who leads the EPEL team at…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3066,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fedora-project-podcast-893246/episodes/57-what-is-epel/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fedora-project-podcast-893246/57-what-is-epel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}