[Mageia-dev] Mirror list for apps (LONG mail)

Wed Nov 3 20:05:04 CET 2010

2010/11/3 Olivier Thauvin <nanardon at nanardon.zarb.org>:
+
+> Keeping this format is more simple, just changing the line specifiying
+> basis url in URPMI.
+
+And allow to keep compatibility with urpmi without maintaining too much patch
+
+> By changing the the format we can add features, make it clearer, etc...
+> But changing format to what ? XML ? YAML ? CSV ? something worst ? :)
+> Changes can done later.
+
+if really you want to change this you should :
+- ditch the url in favor of a XML-RPC or REST calls
+- by doing this you will be able to user whatever version or name for
+the distribution. Indeed by using an url, you have to avoid space, or
+too fancy names. On top of that you can change too much the format
+
+So product.id could be kept unchanged, but the way urpmi talk to the
+mirror provider could be improved.
+Last but not least, by using XML-RC or REST calls, we could filter the
+output of mirror list ( for example retrieve the list of mirror for
+cooker in EU zone )
+
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