Re: why not use a repo?

Mike Lischke <[email protected]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:21:45 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mysql.mycc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hey Sebastian,

>>> Will someone explain again why this isn't in a repo?  downloading
>>> binaries from an FTP mirror is so 1900's.  Not being able to download
>>> is so home grown.  can we blame Oracle?
>> 
>> Can you tell us what's so great about a repository. Actually, what *is* a repository in this context? [...]
> 
> i think he means software repository
> 
> so he could just
> 
> yum update
> or aptitude or rpm or you or whatever ...

I see. Though, this is for software only, no binaries, right? What about our > 90% Windows user base? However, we really might consider using such a repository, though that is a matter of workload and other factors, so it might not happen in the next month or so.


Mike
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Mike Lischke, Senior Software Engineer
Database Group, Developer Tools
Sun Microsystems Inc., www.sun.com


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