> Then I'd suggest that the sample yum.conf in the rpm be updated to > reflect the new reality. Rendering something as valuable as yum > unusable without an example solution seems rather counterproductive > to this user. > > In this case, it appears that the repo format has changed, requireing > repo maintainers to mirror an additional copy just for the new > format. Some will, and some won't for various reasons related to > admin time and available space. > > So, how long is it going to take to get to the point where we have > repo's that are compatible? And a list of such published? It is dependent on distribution. Distributions I know are using yum: fedora centos whitebox Tao Scientific Enterprise Linux Yellow Dog Linux <your name here> There's no way to provide a single config file for all of them. If you want to be on the leading edge of the yum development code then you can either: - wait for your distribution to release a package - make your own yum.conf -sv
