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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20101103/001377.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20101103/001377.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..19775cf3d --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20101103/001377.html @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Mirror list for apps (LONG mail) + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Mirror%20list%20for%20apps%20%28LONG%20mail%29&In-Reply-To=%3CAANLkTimS1%2BEsM8vkmZADubtk4HCj41rQh%3DVNe6i_0%3DW1%40mail.gmail.com%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="001376.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="001379.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] Mirror list for apps (LONG mail)</H1> + <B>Romain d'Alverny</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Mirror%20list%20for%20apps%20%28LONG%20mail%29&In-Reply-To=%3CAANLkTimS1%2BEsM8vkmZADubtk4HCj41rQh%3DVNe6i_0%3DW1%40mail.gmail.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Mirror list for apps (LONG mail)">rdalverny at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Wed Nov 3 20:04:59 CET 2010</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001376.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror list for apps (LONG mail) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001379.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror list for apps (LONG mail) +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1377">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1377">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1377">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1377">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 19:47, Olivier Thauvin +<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">nanardon at nanardon.zarb.org</A>> wrote: +[...] +><i> So, question and my own POV about this: +</I>><i> 1) /etc/product.id +</I>><i>  * I don't like this file, I think it is redundant with +</I>><i>    /etc/mandriva-release +</I> +It appeared for several reasons, in order to have a consistent scheme +to identify several Mandriva products: an ISO release, a specific +media, a set of media, a physical product, etc. It used to be spec'ed, +but not properly reviewed, neither strongly/fully implemented. See +<A HREF="http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/product_id">http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/product_id</A> (it never left the draft stage +actually). + +It could have been only an int, or a hash string, putted against a +database to get a human readable label, but that would be then, less +human readable in the first place. + +><i>  * Why "basic" and not "Free" since it is the "product" flag ? Dunno +</I>><i>  * Notice "cooker" does not appear in this file +</I> +It could. But here, provided it's a stable release, "cooker" is not +supposed to appear. + +Given the new situation, I suggest to use a /etc/release file, somehow +like the /etc/mandriva-release file, but being strongly structured +(/etc/mandriva-release wasn't, in the long run), so we can have at +least: + - product name (Mageia) + - version + - arch + - branch (or something stating the unstable/stable release state) + - build number (in case of automated builds, someday). + +with mandatory ones being product name, version and arch. + +><i> [...] +</I>><i> 3) The content +</I>><i> [...] +</I>><i>  * Do we need specific line for update since now distribution include +</I>><i>    everything +</I> +If we happen to have mirrors that only mirror an update tree? + +><i>  * Do we keep this format ? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Keeping this format is more simple, just changing the line specifiying +</I>><i> basis url in URPMI. +</I>><i> By changing the the format we can add features, make it clearer, etc... +</I>><i> But changing format to what ? XML ? YAML ? CSV ? something worst ? :) +</I>><i> Changes can done later. +</I> +It's not an optimal format, but it looks simple and good enough. What +would be needed to extend/change it? + + +Romain +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001376.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror list for apps (LONG mail) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001379.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror list for apps (LONG mail) +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1377">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1377">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1377">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1377">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |