[Yum-devel] Fedora update metadata

[Jeremy Katz]

On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 15:55 -0500, Paul Nasrat wrote:
> 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>

Errata doesn't imply security -- I agree it would be good to get
classification of security vs bugfix vs enhancement, but that should
just be a type.  Whether they're <errata> or <update> is probably less
important, although <update> is more generic.

Jeremy