Repo files

[Steve Gordon]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Burns" <mburns at redhat.com>
> To: arch at ovirt.org
> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 5:00:54 PM
> Subject: Repo files
> 
> Currently, we are providing 2 repo files, both named
> ovirt-engine.repo.
> One is located in the nightly area of the repository, and the other
> in
> the stable area.
> 
> Would it make more sense to:
> 
> 1.  Have a single repo file containing an entry for both stable and
> nightly with just stable enabled by default?
> 2.  Provide this in some form of ovirt-release RPM?
> 

This was brought up previously and my belief was (and is) that yes we should do this. At the time the repo and spec file I made with assistance from Karsten were put here:

    http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Yum_repo_file

A few minor changes are required (for instance I don't believe we include the arch in the path as originally suggested nor do we have SRPM directories yet) but I still think for the most part this holds. In particular I think using a repo file distributed in an RPM is very useful because:

- We can update the repo file and bump the NVR of the RPM as required and have yum pick it up as required, rather than putting it on the website and hoping users see the note to grab an updated one.
- One repo file to rule them all, this configuration supports both nightly and stable from one file (ideally) in a consistent location.
- Will make life much easier when we want to add a GPG key and start signing packages.

Steve