[Yum-devel] yum-utils package

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Mon Mar 14 19:17:27 UTC 2005


> Some time ago Seth proposed creating a seperate yum-utils package
> containing various yum scripts/utils that people have come up with. I
> think this is a very good idea, and I'd be willing to maintain such a
> package.
> 
> For now I have the following ideas:
> 
> - Collect all the utils from various sources:
> * http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/misc/
> * Panu's repoquery stuff (or does Panu want to make this a seperate package?)
> * The upgrade on boot script?
> * What else is there?
> 
> - Make sure all the utils work and that they have descriptive --help
> output (or maybe manpages for the more complex ones)
> 
> - Should this stuff live in its own CVS repository or should we put it
> somewhere in the yum repo?


I don't see why we can't have another module in the yum cvs repo and
store it there. Then if/when these things need to transition into the
main module they can be.

-sv





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