On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14:06 +1100, Rodd Clarkson wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 19:01 -0500, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > > But yes, splitting packages by usage category, like -debuginfo, and > > srpm, would > > only help. Another split might be attempted by "popularity" as objectively > > measured by number of downloads. "Popular" or "important" packages might be > > released more often, while other packages less often, another way to reduce > > the amount of information that flows from repos. > > Or maybe splitting repos into different areas of Core. So you could > have a CORE repo, and KDE repo, a GNOME repo, a OOo repo, a Java repo, > etc so you only have to look through the repos that concern your install > base. > > eh-GADS! That almost sounds like the whole CORE - Extras idea that's > being floated ;-] The problem there would be making sure the repositories had local dep closure. It's not difficult to do but from an organizational standpoint it'd be a pain in the arse. -sv
