Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
On 4/13/07, John Summerfield debian@herakles.homelinux.org wrote:
- People want the versions of files on the CentOS to discs to match
the upstream versions for software control
Some do, some don't. Some download at work and install at home. There's 75 Mbytes of updates wouldn't get to my machines at home. An updates repo in the collection would be a handy compromise, I think I suggested this a while ago.
It sounds nice but has too many problems in implimintation:
- Anaconda does not deal with updates during install. Upgrades need
to be placed in the main trees and the disk would need to be respun regularly. My memory is a bit weak here, but I think that trying to add the code to deal with 'updates' during install seems to have caused a lot of 'exceptions' in the Fedora code and causes anaconda to be even more memory happy.
Having them present is a great start.
- Respinning the disks breaks upstream compatibility that a lot of
ISV software looks for to see if a system is 'supported' and will run on it.
Specifically what? /updates in the root directory?
- If a person installs in 3 weeks from now when say another 75-200 MB
of updates are available.. it doesnt help any (especially if those updates cover a lot of what was on the disk).
It's a good start.
- An updates iso might be possible, but it is more disk space on
overtaxed servers and more work for the 3-10 core people.
use of jigdo can alleviate the first. A script run weekly by crontab would likely be enough.