Re: [RPM] Re: [rpm] Re: rpm & ssh Prior life: [rpm] Re: Using URLin Source/Patch?

[Ian Alexander <Ian Alexander sabre com>]

Heh.  Yeah, I knew about rpmfind, and it would perhaps solve the
problem.  I was making a more general statement about having a "policy"
of using it (the index file) as the preferred method of distributing the
contents of an rpm repository (directory of .rpm files).  Basically,
we'd just need to convince people to install/run rpm2html on the rpms
that they are distributing.

That's what you're suggesting, correct?

-Ian


Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Ian Alexander wrote:
> 
> > Perhaps instead of remote querying, we should develop a utility that
> > will create a description index for an rpm repository.  People could
> > download the index to see what they need.  The utility wouldn't be that
> > hard; we'd just need to encourage people to use it.  Thoughts?
> > Comments?  Flames?  Well, ok, not flames.  :)
> 
> nice idea!!, i bet something on XML could be done for making it more
> accesible.
> 
> so we can query, and fix dependencies before even the downloading of the
> rpm starts.
> 
> something like a .hdr file could be downloaded instead so all the
> parameters for the rpm could be known on advance.
> 
> i think we could use the W3C promoted RDF to make such a files and then...
> 
> wait!!, isn't it what rpm2html/rpmfind has been doing for years?
> 
>   http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/
> 
> just a thought ;P
> 
> Carlo
> 
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