== Packages Added to SL not in Upstream ==
A small set of packages are directly added to Scientific Linux.
Each of these is noted here to clarify their purpose and targeted use.

.elrepo-release
This package contains the ELRepo driver yum repo and GPG key. +
This is primarily targeted at users who require drivers not packaged within SL. +
It is packaged in this manner to easily allow ELRepo to issue updates to their repos. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

.epel-release
This package contains the EPEL driver yum repo and GPG key. +
This is primarily targeted at users who require software not packaged within SL. +
It is packaged in this manner to easily allow EPEL to issue updates to their repos. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

.OpenAFS
This package contains the OpenAFS driver and client utilities. +
This is primarily targeted at AFS users. +
After installation OpenAFS client services can be modified via the +afs.service+ systemd unit +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[SL_gdm_no_user_list]]
.SL_gdm_no_user_list
This package will disable the GDM user list in the chooser. +
This is primarily targeted at users whose security policy requires the user
lists to be disabled.  With this RPM compliance can be set from kickstart or
via +yum install SL_gdm_no_user_list+. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[SL_enable_serialconsole]]
.SL_enable_serialconsole
SL_enable_serialconsole will setup a serial console for login. +
This is primarily targeted at users who could not set this up at kickstart. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[SL_no_colorls]]
.SL_no_colorls
SL_no_colorls will disable the automatic colorized 'ls' output. +
This is primarily targeted at crash cart users who find the dark colors hard to read. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[SL_yum-cron_no_automated_apply_updates]]
.SL_yum-cron_no_automated_apply_updates
This package is for for reverting the SL change to yum-cron where
security updates are applied automatically. +
This same change can be performed by editing +/etc/yum/yum-cron.conf+,
this RPM allows for you to set this change via kickstart. +
See Also: +
- link:#_packages_changed_in_sl_from_the_upstream_release[Packages Changed in SL from the Upstream Release] +
- link:#_sl_provides_automatic_updates[SL Provides Automatic Updates] +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[SL_yum-cron_no_default_excludes]]
.SL_yum-cron_no_default_excludes
This package is for for reverting the SL change to yum-cron where
kernel related rpms are excluded from consideration by yum-cron. +
This same change can be performed by editing +/etc/yum/yum-cron.conf+, 
this RPM allows for you to set this change via kickstart. +
See Also: +
- link:#_packages_changed_in_sl_from_the_upstream_release[Packages Changed in SL from the Upstream Release] +
- link:#_sl_provides_automatic_updates[SL Provides Automatic Updates] +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

.sl-bookmarks
sl-bookmarks replaces redhat-bookmarks and removes upstream branding. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

.sl-indexhtml
sl-indexhtml replaces redhat-indexhtml and removes upstream branding. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

.sl-logos
sl-logos replaces redhat-logos and removes upstream branding. +
The spec file attempts to run some image optimization programs from EPEL.
The source RPMs are included within the SL source repo to ensure their continued avalibility. +
The optimizations can be disabled with no negative effects on the package. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[sl-release]]
.sl-release
sl-release replaces redhat-release and removes upstream branding. +
It also provides our Scientific Linux operating system and updates repos. +
You may wish to review the section on link:#_using_sl_yum_variables[Using SL Yum Variables] +
You should also review link:#_sl_specific_behavior_changes[SL Specific Behavior Changes] for comments on our link:#_sl_provides_automatic_updates[Automatic Updates] settings. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

.sl-release-notes
sl-release-notes replaces redhat-release-notes and removes upstream branding. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[yum-conf-sl7x]]
.yum-conf-sl7x
This package will modify the default repo definitions to use the 'latest' SL release +
You may wish to review the section on link:#_using_sl_yum_variables[Using SL Yum Variables] +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[yum-conf-elrepo]]
.yum-conf-elrepo
This package will pull in the +elrepo-release+ package and fastestmirror yum plugin. +
Scientific Linux systems are encouraged to utilize this package for gaining access to ELRepo. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[yum-conf-epel]]
.yum-conf-epel
This package will pull in the +epel-release+ package and fastestmirror yum plugin. +
Scientific Linux systems are encouraged to utilize this package for gaining access to EPEL. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[yum-conf-extras]]
.yum-conf-extras
This package provdies the SL Extras repo. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[yum-conf-hc]]
.yum-conf-hc
This package provdies the SL HC repo. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

[[yum-conf-softwarecollections]]
.yum-conf-softwarecollections
This package provdies the SL Software Collections repo. +
SL 7.0 is the first release to feature this package.

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