[chef] github.com:opscode/cookbooks cf cookbooks.opscode.com

[Hedge Hog < >]

Hi,
Can anyone clarify the relation between these two?

The github site states:
"This repository is Opscode's published, public cookbooks for Chef."
suggesting you might expect there is no difference.

And:
"This repository is considered "in development." Released versions of
our cookbooks are posted on the Opscode Cookbook Community Site."
suggesting you might expect the github repo to be ahead of
cookbooks.opscode.com, but stil expect that the github repo contain
(somewhere in the git history) what is downloadable via
cookbooks.opscode.com

However, in the last few days its been clear that something can show
up on cookbooks.opscode.com, but not be in the github repo.
IMO that is perfectly fine.  I'd just like to know if this is an
aberation, or ought to be expected?

Best wishes.

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