On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 12:09 -0400, seth vidal wrote: > On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 11:49, Shahms King wrote: > > Given that the yum/apt/up2date repository metadata format is in a bit of > > flux at the moment, this seems like a reasonable time to ask if it would > > be possible to add something like a "severity" field to the metadata to > > allow tools to distinguish between security and "normal" updates. > > > > That way, sites could maintain a conservative update policy but still > > keep abreast of security related updates. It would also mean that the > > rhn_applet could only show the blinking red "!" for security updates and > > a possibly less attention grabbing icon for less important information. > > Where'd you get the idea that the format is in flux? Well, "recently changed" perhaps. > > And why not address discussion of this format to the rpm-metadata list? I had no idea that such a list existed . . . > -sv -- Shahms E. King <shahms@xxxxxxxxxx> Multnomah ESD Public Key: http://shahms.mesd.k12.or.us/~sking/shahms.asc Fingerprint: 1612 054B CE92 8770 F1EA AB1B FEAB 3636 45B2 D75B
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