D. D. Brierton said:
On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 19:29, William Hooper wrote:
> D. D. Brierton said:
> [snip]
>
>> 1. Yum repositories should have a mirrors.xml file. All the user
>> need do is sign up to the main repository itself, the mirrors.xml file
>> is downloaded, and yum tries to use the mirror that is closest or
>> fastest (I'm not sure *how* it should do
>> that, but lets think of this as an ideal scenario proposal).
>
> The version of yum in rawhide already has this. IIRC it does it using
> the same format as up2date, point it to a text file of repos and it
> randomly picks one.
Excellent. So all I do is add
rpm.livna.org to yum.conf and yum
automagically takes care of the rest?
Umm, no. "point it to a text file of repos and it randomly picks one",
just like up2date. For example:
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc2
[snip]
>> 6. There should be some way of distinguishing
>> between a repository that is part of Fedora Core, or Fedora Extras or
>> Fedora
>> Alternatives.
>>
> [snip]
>
>
> Of course it would be nice to decide what those terms mean and to what
> repos they apply first.
I thought that was fairly clear:
The concept if fairly clear, but I have yet to see any repo labeled any of
those in the real world, or any guidelines from the Fedora on how to
advertise yourself as such.
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William Hooper