Repo files

[Steve Gordon]

> On 10 Feb 2012, at 00:33, Perry Myers <pmyers at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 02/09/2012 05:09 PM, Steve Gordon wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> ----- 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.
> > 
> > +1 to Steve's proposal
> 
> +1 here as well.
> 
> Feel free to combine the repo files, sounds better than the current
> configuration.
> 

Will make the required changes on Monday and put up an RPM/SRPM.

Steve