Re: RFC: Creating meta group packages via comps

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On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 16:30 -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 16:14 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 15:58 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > > seth vidal (skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: 
> > > > > Napkin-ing this, you'd compare it, see the new packages, and then
> > > > > pop up:
> > > > > 
> > > > >  New software available in the 'Games' group:
> > > > > 
> > > > >    GnomePoker - Play poker against your friends! Lose all your money!
> > > > >    HackSlashKillMaim - Role play as your favorite serial killer
> > > > >    
> > > > >  [ Don't install ] [ Tell me more ] [ Ask me later ] [ Install new packages ]
> > > > > 
> > > > > or something along those lines.
> > > > 
> > > > You should be able to just run groupinstall again and it will only
> > > > install the new stuff in that comps group. 
> > > 
> > > But we don't:
> > > a) store what groups are installed on the box, to know how to automatically
> > >    do this
> > 
> > yum can more or less generate that based on what is currently installed.
> 
> Not reliably if the contents of groups change. 
> 

agreed.

-sv


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