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Re: Multilib Middle-Ground
- From: Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com>
- To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list redhat com>
- Subject: Re: Multilib Middle-Ground
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:04:03 -0400
Warren Togami (wtogami redhat com) said:
> Perhaps we need a third option like "smart" which uses a multilib whitelist
> that can be updated via repodata. Anaconda and other GUI interfaces can
> allow the user to choose between "smart" and "100% i386 free". This way
> "yum groupinstall korean-support" can install everything the user expects.
Whitelists are painful due to the fact that packages change names. I'd
prefer something that either works on an algorithmic basis (would still
need occasional updates, but fewer) or package based tagging. (woo, rpm
work.)
Bill
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