[softwaremgmt] suseinfo.xml, is it used?
Is http://en.opensuse.org/Standards/RPM_metadata#SUSE_repository_info_.28susein... really used? Neither the 11.2 OSS repo nor the OBS repos provide it. So, not sure if the package management tools take it into account. I think it would be really useful that the OBS repos provide that "distro" tag. That would avoid yet another post in the forums from an user that confused http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSU... with http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSU.... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 26 February 2010 18:51:40 Cristian Morales Vega wrote:
Is http://en.opensuse.org/Standards/RPM_metadata#SUSE_repository_info_.28suse info.xml.29.2C_extensions_to_repomd.xml really used? Neither the 11.2 OSS repo nor the OBS repos provide it. So, not sure if the package management tools take it into account.
I think it would be really useful that the OBS repos provide that "distro" tag. That would avoid yet another post in the forums from an user that confused http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openS USE_Factory/ with http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/open SUSE_11.2/.
At least the openSUSE update repositories do use it to add an expiry timestamp to the repository. -- with kind regards (mit freundlichem Grinsen), Ruediger Oertel (ro@novell.com,ro@suse.de,bugfinder@t-online.de) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux MacBookRudi 2.6.33-2.99.35.b7bca5b-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-02-25 20:06:12 +0100 x86_64 Key fingerprint = 17DC 6553 86A7 384B 53C5 CA5C 3CE4 F2E7 23F2 B417 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 27 February 2010 12:30:38 Ruediger Oertel wrote:
On Friday 26 February 2010 18:51:40 Cristian Morales Vega wrote:
Is http://en.opensuse.org/Standards/RPM_metadata#SUSE_repository_info_.28sus e info.xml.29.2C_extensions_to_repomd.xml really used? Neither the 11.2 OSS repo nor the OBS repos provide it. So, not sure if the package management tools take it into account.
The data are parsed and offered to the applications (zypper, yast...). We'd add more support to help applications evaluating and describing those repository/product relationships, if those data were actually provided.
At least the openSUSE update repositories do use it to add an expiry timestamp to the repository.
But what's the problem with CPEids? [http://cpe.mitre.org/specification/index.html] Looking at the official cpe-dictionary, then one finds e.g. cpe:/o:novell:opensuse or cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:10::server or cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:10::desktop ... Shouldn't we be able to make use of this? -- cu, Michael Andres +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Key fingerprint = 2DFA 5D73 18B1 E7EF A862 27AC 3FB8 9E3A 27C6 B0E4 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael Andres YaST Development ma@novell.com SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany, ++49 (0)911 - 740 53-0 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+help@opensuse.org
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