[Yum-devel] yum 2.5.0

[seth vidal]

> I assume this is in line with comps changes upcoming in Fedora Core and
> future versions of RHEL, correct? 

yes.


>  If so, I assume that means yum-2.5
> and 2.6 will require us to rerun createrepo -g if we are using comps
> groups today with yum-2.2 and 2.4. 

yes.

>  I believe this also means we will
> not be able to mix yum 2.2, 2.4 and 2.6 against the same repos.

most likely, yes.


> I guess when yum-2.6 is released I could rebuild my RHEL 3 and 4 repos
> using a newer createrepo 

the version of createrepo shouldn't matter all that much right away.


> as long as the clients update to yum-2.6 at the
> same time.  What will older clients think about the new repo style?  We
> have hundreds of clients that may go offline for a week or more
> (vacation, take laptop home, etc).

no new repo style, just new comps format.



> Has this upgrade path been considered?  How painful will it be to
> migrate clients from yum-2.2 (my current RHEL 3 setup) or yum-2.4 (my
> current RHEL 4 setup) to yum-2.6?

Right now we're trying to sort out a lot about the upgrade path.

I'd love to hear suggestions.

-sv