[Rpm-metadata] 2 commits - createrepo/__init__.py createrepo/utils.py genpkgmetadata.py mergerepo.py modifyrepo.py

seth vidal skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Fri Sep 16 18:10:32 UTC 2011


On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 19:56 +0200, Anders F Björklund wrote:
> seth vidal wrote:
> 
> >> I added the other stuff to the stable series, instead.
> >> But the yum patches should still be around (if needed).
> > 
> > That 'stable' series you added things to is not really in use anymore.
> > It's labeled as the maintenance branch since it is in maintenance mode
> > only. No new features will be added there.
> > 
> > If you're going to fork it like that I'd appreciate it if you made a
> > different name for it. It's confusing to users.
> 
> It was more of backports, but whatever. Adding changelog_limit
> and that collapse_glibc_requires flag that was fooling smart,
> in addition to the sha256 checksums and the lzma compression.
> Plus the compatibility patches required to make it run at all.
> 
> There's nothing incompatible about the generated "repodata",
> except for those extra tags (primary_lzma and rpm:distepoch) ?
> 
> Still seemed better than doing a separate rpm metadata format...
> 

I wasn't asking you to change the format.

Just change the program name.

I think calling it createrepo is just going to cause confusion.

-sv




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