[Yum] Common metadata format (was: Faster downloads of headers)

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 06:45:57PM -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> 
> > What are they going to be replaced with?  A single description file?
> 
> Read back in the archives. There is work being done to make a
> common-repository format for
> yum/apt/redcarpet/up2date/[redhat|system]-config-packages/and others to
> use.

That's all the yum archives mention. Could you please lose a sentence
or two on the design (apt-like monolithic, read off the rpms
themselves, yum-like multifile, a mixture of these, forced colocation
of metadata and rpms or metadata possible on separate location etc.).

Oh, yes, and the ETA ;)

Thanks

> -sv
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