[Yum-devel] Fedora update metadata

[Paul Nasrat]

On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 04:00 -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> > The Fedora update system currently stores the following [relevant] fields
> > for each update:
> > 
> > 	o update id
> > 	o package-version-release
> > 	o release: fc{3,4,5}
> > 	o testing/final update flag
> > 	o bugzilla #'s
> > 	o security flag
> > 	o embargo date
> > 	o advisory notes
> > 
> > So integration into our update system should be trivial.  We'll only
> > need to add a few extra fields (URL's, CVE's, etc).  That should
> > probably cover most of it.
> 
> 
> how does the attached look for the format?

We do updates for non-security reasons (bug fixes, feature enhancements,
updating to latest (eg NetworkManager)).  I'd say you probably want 

<update class="errata"> rather than <errata>

Paul

Hmm