[Yum] Yummy: the Yum repository manager

Tomas Junnonen majix at sci.fi
Sun Feb 22 23:43:22 UTC 2004


Hi,

I have created a program, named yummy (I'm not too big on imagination,
as you can see ;), which functions as a "repository manager" for yum.

So what's it good for?
- It can calculate an optimal mirror for Fedora Core users for the
   updates and base channels from among 130 sites. It doesn't take
   too long either.
- You can import yum repository definitions with it. This is basically
   nothing more than a [server-id] section. An app can for example
   easily add itself to the config in the post section of an RPM script.
- You can import repositories from a browser :)
   By using mailcap, consolehelper and some RPM script magic, after
   installing the program, when you click on a .yum file in a browser
   it will ask if you want to add the repository to your system.
   Screenshot at http://www.abo.fi/~tjunnone/yummy/web-yum.png

Why bother? Because yum is great stuff and I want to see more and more
repositories. Anyway, hope you like it, check it out at
http://www.abo.fi/~tjunnone/yummy/

Any comments appreciated.

Regards,
Tomas



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