To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core <fedora-devel-list redhat com>
Subject: Re: rpm groups and fedora: a modest proposal
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 11:01:52 -0700
--On Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:49 AM -0400 Brad Smith <brads redhat com>
wrote:
So there is a need for grouping info even for "standalone" packages
because once they are installed they become part of a group of packages,
effective management of which is very important.
Instead of grouping, might it not make sense to use a keywords field? When
packaging I find either that something fits in no existing group or several
existing groups, so I often want multiple entries and often need a new one.