Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-buildservice (269 mails)

[Marcus Hüwe <suse-tux@xxxxxx>]

On 2008-09-03 09:03:09 +0200, Adrian Schröter wrote:
> On Montag 01 September 2008 20:16:43 Marcus Hüwe wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > during the last hackweek I worked on the obs so that it is able to resolve
> > dependencies using metadata and that it download certain packages on
> > demand.
> >
> > What and Why:
> > If you install a local obs you have to setup the initial distributions. If
> > you want to build against a distribution like openSUSE which is already
> > part of the "official" obs you can use the remoteurl feature. In case your
> > preferred distribution isn't hosted on the "official" obs you have to setup
> > the base distributions on your own. The first step is that you have
> > download the complete package tree. IMHO it is really annyoing to download
> > _lots_ of GBs if you just want to test something. Another reason why I did
> > it is that I wanted to get some more knowledge about the backend:)
> > So during the hackweek I implemented something which just downloads the
> > required packages on demand (precondition: the backend needs access to the
> > internet).
>
> cool stuff. We may can deliver our packages of OBS with some preconfigured 
> projects using this feature. It makes sense esp. for frequently changing 
> repos. Do you have an "is up 2 date" check inside ?
Currently there's no up 2 date check but this would be a nice feature.

> I would like to see support for rp-md repos before of course ;)
> (esp. for Packman)
Ok I'll have a look at it:)


Marcus
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