hunger said: > So now if I want to install Red Hat programs, I have to use yum via the > command line? Unless you want to use up2date. >> The up2date version included can use yum >> and >> apt repositories. > I see that up2date is restricted to merely updating programs from yum > repositories. >> The up2date version included can use yum >> and >> apt repositories. > But why not: > > 1. Make a yum GUI front-end. Why not use up2date? > 2. Integrate the yum GUI front-end with the "Red Hat Network Alert > Notification Tool", allowing the user to both INSTALL AND UPDATE any > program from the same integrated GUI front-end. Or make rhn-applet aware of yum and apt repositories (hint: it does yum now, not sure about apt) > 3. Allow the user to browse and add/remove different 3rd party yum > repositories, perhaps based on a master list with which each 3rd party > yum repository would be responsible registering. Hey, and we could put it in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources ... -- William Hooper
