[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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