On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > hi, > > Background: the webstack on C4 is only available in the CentOSPlus repo > since it overwrites packages from the base repo. > > For the Webstack on C5, Johnny and I spoke about and want to propose > changing that a little bit. Essentially, move the webstack to a subdirectory > under the CentOSPlus repo and have metadata for Just the Webstack available > as an option for people who dont want the rest of CentOSPlus. > > The default action will remain the same. i.e. people who have the plus repo > enabled, will see the entire published webstack in exactly the same way as > they did for c4. Ofcourse the aim will be to ensure we get 100% dep closure > on Base+Updates+WebStack as well as Base+Updates+Plus. Where Plus will > include WebStack + other packages. We hope to address a few issues ( in > order of importance ): > > a) People moving from c4 will see no difference in the way things work > > b) People who want just the webstack can see 'only' the webstack and not > need to use includepkg / exclude's > > c) the rsync targets from mirrors wont change, so people mirroring the plus > repo will get the new packages, along with combined metadata. > > The base packageset will get released to -qa soon, and most likely to > testing in a few days time. > > Comments ? > > btw, one thing to note here - we dont want to make it a habit of building X > number of repos. But since this is an extra 'product' ( for the lack of a > better word to describe it ), we feel that this move would be justified this > time. I could see where X number of sub-repos might be useful for users.. but it is an extra pain to deal with without 'paying customers'. Having CentOS-Plus segregated lower as "Web, Kernel, EvolutionsFunToys" would allow people to choose what they wanted and what they didn't and having it higher up as "CentOS-Plus" shouldn't break existing setups. So sleep-deprived grumpy conclusion: I like it. Can't think of problems at this time. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"