From 67802876a3cec790abde60b3bf25dbc8a8f75700 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Coty Sutherland <csutherl@redhat.com>
Date: Aug 23 2022 17:36:03 +0000
Subject: Add section on what happens if the EPEL package is added to base RHEL


---

diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/epel-faq.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/epel-faq.adoc
index 6386511..d568ad5 100644
--- a/modules/ROOT/pages/epel-faq.adoc
+++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/epel-faq.adoc
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ packages in the long term. Merely rebuilding all the packages
 automatically has higher potential for packages being broken or
 orphaned.
 
+[[what_if_the_epel_package_is_added_to_rhel]]
+=== What if the EPEL package is added to RHEL?
+If the package is added to RHEL it must be retired from EPEL as it is no longer
+an "extra package for enterprise linux".  There is some automation in place to
+file a ticket to give the EPEL maintainer a heads up; see the
+xref:package-maintainers::Package_Retirement_Process.adoc#_epel[EPEL Package Retirement Process]
+for more information.
+
 
 [[using_epel]]
 == Using EPEL