> Comps is totally unsuitable since it limits you to whatever packages > where known to the distribution at the time of its release. (ie bye bye > third-party packages). Anyone can generate a comps file, trivially. The groups support in yum, for example, can merge multiple comps-format files into one set of groups. > Like for spec file i18n we need a solution that permits standalone > self-contained packages. Anything else will sort-of work with RedHat and > be rejected by anyone else. standalone packages are slowly becoming obsolete. There is no point in discussing groups for standalone packages b/c a standalone is not a member of any group by its very nature - it is standalone. -sv
