Re: yum-2.2.0 in contrib

On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 15:36, Juan Carlos Castro y Castro wrote:
> Bogdan Costescu wrote:
> 
> >>The jury is still out on porting protectbase to 2.2.  With 2.2, I
> >>think there may be better, safer options available. (includepkgs)
> >>
> >>
> >Yes, this would solve exactly the type of problem that I mentioned
> >above. Those wanting xmms from Dag's repo could just specify it in
> >includepkgs for Dag's repo definition and forget about anything else.
> >
> >
> Can we hold a vote? I like protectbase a lot, with it I can arbitrarily
> choose any package to install from "unsafe" repos without having to
> fudge with config files. For instance, days ago I installed the new Gaim
> from dag -- all I had to do was "yum -f -y install gaim" and from now on
> gaim is out of the "untouchable elite" from the simple fact that the
> installed version is not from the "base" repos. I'll always get the
> newer version.
> 
> I vote backport.

The problem is, the port is not straightforward, as I had hoped it would
be.  yum-2.0 to yum-2.2 was a pretty big redesign.  The other problem
is, Seth Vidal, who maintains yum, isn't a big fan of the patch - so it
has little chance of ever going in.  In fact, I'm pretty confident that
the way protectbase currently works (checking Vendor of installed
packages), it'll _never_ go in.  I'm not all that great a python coder
(ok, I'm actually a crummy python coder); it was significant work the
first time, and will be at least as much work the next time around.

So, given the hostile yum environment, and the fact that new yum
functionality makes it possible, if inconvenient, to safely use 3rd
party repos, it's kind of hard to justify the effort.  I would, of
course, gladly examine a patch that implements protectbase for 2.2 - but
I don't currently have plans to re-code it myself.

regards,
	David

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