metadata for legacy repositories

[Jeff Sheltren <sheltren cs ucsb edu>]

Jesse, there was a thread last month regarding the creation of the  
new metadata for the legacy repositories; but I don't think anything  
ever came of it.  See:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-list/2005-July/ 
msg00042.html

I have mock working with rh73, rh9, fc1 & fc2, and I was thinking of  
writing some documentation on the wiki for it, however it requires  
the use of the newer metadata, so I wasn't sure if I would just be  
confusing people if the repositories don't actually have the  
metadata.  I would guess that most people using mock would have local  
mirrors anyway, but it makes a lot more sense if the main download  
site had the information.

Is this just a lack of time thing, or are there some technical issues  
that need to be worked out?  If it's the latter, I would be glad to  
help (and I'm sure others would as well).

Thanks,
Jeff