On 27 Aug 2002, seth vidal wrote: > Hi all, Hello. > > Stuff for the stable branch to have implemented before it closes: > 1. would LOVE to get yum -c http://url/to/conf/file but there is one > problem: Configparser requires a file name - not a filehandle to parse > and python does not, currently, have a mkstmp. I don't want to get into > a potential race condition/security problem with a tmp file. I'm open to > ideas, though. If you dislike standart module 'tempfile' you can use external module - http://www.carcosa.net/jason/software/python/pymkstemp/ And don't forget - in Python2.2 this is not a problem cause in this version python include tempfile.TemporaryFile() > 4. implement reget support that was sent in. YES!!!! :) > Stuff I'd like to discuss for the devel branch: > 0. setup a public cvs server > 1. redo of some of the nevral to include file:// url support YES!!!! > 2. fix up/deal with/make saner urlgrab > 3. make it i18n compliant - so we could use different log stuff - I'm > going to have to figure out how to do this first :) I don't think it's > terribly hard but I don't know how to do it. YESYESYES! :) Look at translate.py in yum distribution! :) And look like anaconda support i18n. > 4. Make the rpm callbacks prettier > 5. make yum-arch more intelligent about which headers it makes new -I > don't know if this will speed it up at all, but its worth a shot What about server side dependences ? I realy like yum but up2date works MUCH faster on big repositories :( > 6. determine if rpm 4.1 will require a complete rewrite or just most of > a complete rewrite. > 7. determine if redhat-config-packages and its accompanying modules > obsoletes the need for yum at all :) - or at the very least if it would > be the easiest route to follow to wrap the modules provided there. I think what lilo.py, grubcfg.py, checkbootloader.py and bootloader.py already doesn't need for yum cause new RH kernel* packages add records in configs in %postinstall scripts > 8. comps.xml integrated - I like the comps.xml layout a lot. > 9. a nifty web interface for groups of machines > 10. maybe a daemon that runs and polls for updates throughout the day - > no more reliance on cron :) It's not a good idea. In current state yum doesn't need any bloated servers etc. for work. > 11. python 2.2 requirement YES! :) > 12. I'd love to see a graphical interface but I'm going to have to learn > how to do that first :) I start to code this but drop it. We need to make some of UI abstraction - then it's realy easy to write. I mean something like UI class with methods like showPackagesList(...) askYesOrNo(...) etc. I can do it if you like idea. > 13. split apart and reorganize the functions in clientStuff and > serverStuff - they've been a grab bag for a while now :) > > I think thats all I can think of for the moment - can anyone remember > anything else? Once again - server side dependencs :) Thanks Seth. You make great work, i almost happy with yum :) -- ........................................................................ IRC: irc.openprojects.net #asplinux Grigory Bakunov EMAIL: black@xxxxxxxxxxx ASPLinux Support Team ICQ: 51369901 http://www.asplinux.ru -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GCS/MU d-(--) s:- a- C+++>++$ UBLAVSX+++$ P+ L++++$ E++$ W++ N+>- o? K? w-- O- M V-(--) PS+ PE+ !Y PGP+>++++ t+ 5++ X+++ R+++ tv+>-- b+++ ?DI D+ G++ e>++$ h- r++ y+ z++(+++) ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
