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Re: [opensuse-factory] Media for openSUSE 10.2 - additional sources, Idea?
- From: Adrian Schröter <adrian@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:57:17 +0100
- Message-id: <200611201257.17926.adrian@xxxxxxx>
Am Friday 17 November 2006 16:53 schrieb Birger Kollstrand:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed an earlier discussion on adding additional sources. And I
> also find it tedious to add additional sources and I can not get my
> kids to use openSUSE without them :-)
>
> Would it be possible to make a "link" that triggered Yast and added
> the source when the user manually clicked on it?
yes.
actually, zypper already supports the .repo files. So, only a desktop file is
missing to call it, when you click on a .repo file.
> this is a bit cryptic for the average user. Quote:
> For openSUSE 10.2 or the Factory tree:
> Type - rpm-md/repomd
>
> Protocol - HTTP
> Server Name - software.opensuse.org
> Directory - /download/X11:/XGL/SUSE_Factory
>
> If this could be as a link like:
> <link href="http://exampledomain.no/openSUSE/yast.repo"
> type="text/yast-source"/>
>
> or something similar?
>
> I'm sorry if this has been discussed earlier, but I did not find any
> reference to it. probably a bit late for 10.2 anyway.
>
> Regards Birger Kollstrand
> Arendal
> Norway
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> Hi,
>
> I noticed an earlier discussion on adding additional sources. And I
> also find it tedious to add additional sources and I can not get my
> kids to use openSUSE without them :-)
>
> Would it be possible to make a "link" that triggered Yast and added
> the source when the user manually clicked on it?
yes.
actually, zypper already supports the .repo files. So, only a desktop file is
missing to call it, when you click on a .repo file.
> this is a bit cryptic for the average user. Quote:
> For openSUSE 10.2 or the Factory tree:
> Type - rpm-md/repomd
>
> Protocol - HTTP
> Server Name - software.opensuse.org
> Directory - /download/X11:/XGL/SUSE_Factory
>
> If this could be as a link like:
> <link href="http://exampledomain.no/openSUSE/yast.repo"
> type="text/yast-source"/>
>
> or something similar?
>
> I'm sorry if this has been discussed earlier, but I did not find any
> reference to it. probably a bit late for 10.2 anyway.
>
> Regards Birger Kollstrand
> Arendal
> Norway
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Adrian Schroeter
SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany
email: adrian@xxxxxxx
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