On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 11:56, Gene C. wrote: > Proposal: merge redhat-config-packages and up2date into a single package. > This essentially means dropping the redhat-config-packages and enhancing with > additional functionality. > > For the most part, a lot is the needed up2date functionality is already there > ... it just needs to be made to work. The --show-package-dialog can produce > a gui listing of available packages. Up2date already handles source > repositories in a clean way and can access via rhn, yum, apt, as well as > directories (I wonder if those can be nfs mounts ... I will have to try > that). My take, how ever naive it may be, is that up2date is a show stopper for RHEL. Let's not mess with it. Instead we can add much of the capability you suggest to -packages. Then, if proved rock solid these enhancements can be moved to up2date if deemed important. This approach also reduces the work load on the package maintainers by preventing additional branching in both the up2date and -packages tree. > I believe the real questions are: > > 1. Does up2date need the ability to "shuffle" cdroms on a single drive such as > redhat-config-packages can do? [IMHO, maybe] > > 2. Does up2date need a "group" capability (similar to redhat-config-packages > and anaconda)? [IMHO, no] I just opened an editor to study this from within -packages. I kind of like the presentation for browsing. One might not realize what xmms is by the name, but groups allow you to browse under sound and video to find it. My question is if 3rd party repos don't follow the prescribed grouping will so much be lumped under misc, or some such thing, that the group presentation becomes useless. > There are a few things I have though of that need to be made to work: > > 1. Do not require pending updates to make --show-package-dialog [this should > be renamed to something that makes more sense]. > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73715 I am including this ability in -package. A screen shot should show up here in a few hours. The screen shot is current in holding in too-large-a-file land. > 2. Make --channel=<...> application to more options. > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109678 > Right now if you do --showall, you get all packages in all channels. This is down the road a little while. I intend to include some manner of settings dialog to allow the user add and remove repos on the fly. Dave Farning