On 06/06/2014 07:33 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Hi, > > On 06/06/2014 08:44 PM, Pat Riehecky wrote: >> Now that there are repos up at git.centos.org, I was wondering if anyone >> had a python tool I could use to convert a repo back into a source RPM? > take a look at the get_source.sh script at > https://git.centos.org/summary/centos-git-common.git that will bring > down the non-text sources to match the SPEC requirements for whatever > you have checked out at the moment. This is good first step. How are you extracting %{dist} for matching the eventual el7_0 (and friends) packages? > >> Similarly, does anyone know how gitblit handles repo change >> notifications? I'd love to be notified of updates to some repos or >> their tags. A programmatic tool for gathering that information would >> work just as well... I'm not sure which would work better for my workflow. > https://git.centos.org/activity/ is likely what you are looking for, I > think this can be published as an rss feed as well, eg > https://git.centos.org/feed/rpms will give you rss feed for the rpms > repo's. > > Does that help ? That only seems to provide the last 25 updates, which in the event of a larger release (5.11, 6.6, 7.0) would not cover all the updates. I'm afraid I'll need a more comprehensive list.... > >> There's a fair chance at various intervals I'd be hitting the site >> somewhat hard, are there any instructions for mirroring all the parts >> necessary for package assembly? I'd rather beat up my local mirror than >> pick on the main page. > lets try and see if we can avoid that.. > I'm open to suggestions! -- Pat Riehecky Scientific Linux developer http://www.scientificlinux.org/