D. D. Brierton said: > On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 19:29, William Hooper wrote: > >> D. D. Brierton said: >> [snip] >> >>> 1. Yum repositories should have a mirrors.xml file. All the user >>> need do is sign up to the main repository itself, the mirrors.xml file >>> is downloaded, and yum tries to use the mirror that is closest or >>> fastest (I'm not sure *how* it should do >>> that, but lets think of this as an ideal scenario proposal). >> >> The version of yum in rawhide already has this. IIRC it does it using >> the same format as up2date, point it to a text file of repos and it >> randomly picks one. > > Excellent. So all I do is add rpm.livna.org to yum.conf and yum > automagically takes care of the rest? Umm, no. "point it to a text file of repos and it randomly picks one", just like up2date. For example: http://fedora.redhat.com/download/up2date-mirrors/updates-released-fc2 [snip] >>> 6. There should be some way of distinguishing >>> between a repository that is part of Fedora Core, or Fedora Extras or >>> Fedora >>> Alternatives. >>> >> [snip] >> >> >> Of course it would be nice to decide what those terms mean and to what >> repos they apply first. > > I thought that was fairly clear: The concept if fairly clear, but I have yet to see any repo labeled any of those in the real world, or any guidelines from the Fedora on how to advertise yourself as such. -- William Hooper
