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Re: [opensuse-factory] Yast Meta Package Handler (ymp)
- From: "Benji Weber" <b.weber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:31:46 +0100
- Message-id: <d6b310ce0708030931gfb00362o26864ee186d2d0de@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 01/08/07, Dominique Leuenberger <Dominique.Leuenberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question / suggestion for the ymp handler (thank Benji btw!)
>
> I think it could be of big advantage if the ymp file could contain sort of 'variables' inside, like at least the installes openSUSE Version.
> Just imagine the following tree (in fact, I have it like this):
>
> /repos/suse
> /10.0
> /10.1
> /10.2
> /10.3
>
> It would now be VERY handy for all users, if I could just offer one YMP, that contains a link to the repo and the handler replaces the $SUSEVER by the specific number. Of course, for the moment as only 10.3 will support it, it's not THAT interesting yet, but for sure this will come. There would be no need to offer a ymp per possible suse version I offer packages for.
>
> What is everybody's opinion about that? Doable? Drawbacks?
Yes, this is doable, and in fact already done. See
http://en.opensuse.org/Standards/One_Click_Install for the updated
schema.
_
Benjamin Weber
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> Hi,
>
> I have a question / suggestion for the ymp handler (thank Benji btw!)
>
> I think it could be of big advantage if the ymp file could contain sort of 'variables' inside, like at least the installes openSUSE Version.
> Just imagine the following tree (in fact, I have it like this):
>
> /repos/suse
> /10.0
> /10.1
> /10.2
> /10.3
>
> It would now be VERY handy for all users, if I could just offer one YMP, that contains a link to the repo and the handler replaces the $SUSEVER by the specific number. Of course, for the moment as only 10.3 will support it, it's not THAT interesting yet, but for sure this will come. There would be no need to offer a ymp per possible suse version I offer packages for.
>
> What is everybody's opinion about that? Doable? Drawbacks?
Yes, this is doable, and in fact already done. See
http://en.opensuse.org/Standards/One_Click_Install for the updated
schema.
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Benjamin Weber
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