[Rpm-metadata] xml update

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Thu Oct 16 19:42:37 UTC 2003


> You asked where the data is going to come from. Since I've looked at 
> your code,
> I knows what you need from rpm-python and, ultimately, rpmlib.
> 

yes - b/c there are and will continue to be packages that don't have
this data.

> You stated that you had a time constraint of FC2, I'm offering to beat 
> that deadline
> if you wish.

I was saying I wanted to see about having repositories use the metadata
format we've been talking about for Fedora Core 2.

So that in 4-6 months from november there can be more available
repositories for everyone.

and the pkg managers can go back to writing cool features into their
programs.


> Bloat is always bad. A considerable number of features got 
> suggested/added to common
> metadata today, it's entirely unclear (to me anyways) whether the 
> suggestions are
> good, bad, or ugly, and I have no clue at all what you are going to add.

you suggested most of them!

so why exactly don't you know whether they are good or bad?

-sv







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