> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-devel-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Panu Matilainen > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:21 AM > To: fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Fedora repository layout proposal > > > While testing repoquery I noticed that the FC updates repository metadata > doesn't include the SRPMS directories at all. So far nothing has used the > SRPMS information but that's changing: yum-src for doing things like > installing build-dependencies is planned/in the works and repoquery can > already use that info, for example: > [pmatilai@chip ~]$ repoquery.py --source -l yum > yum-2.1.11.tar.gz > yum-ia32e-2.1.11.patch > yum.conf.fedora > yum.spec > > Would be nice to have this fixed, at least in FC4 but why not FC3 updates > as well, shouldn't be terribly hard :) > > While at it, it might make sense to split out the repository metadata > somewhat as suggested by Seth here: > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/yum-devel/2005-March/000833.html > In short: split SRPMS, debuginfo and the actual binaries to separate > repositories: most people will never need the debuginfo and source > packages yet having all those lumped into the main repodata slows down yum > operations and causes unnecessary network traffic as well. > > - Panu - > maybe this is the reason that if you select the update source flag with up2date it doesn't work.
