[Spacewalk-list] Feature suggestion: refer to external repositories

[Covil, K (Kim)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Pazdziora [mailto:jpazdziora at redhat.com]
> Sent: 01 July 2008 12:52
> To: Covil, K (Kim)
> Cc: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Feature suggestion: refer to external
> repositories
>
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 12:41:39PM +0100, Covil, K (Kim) wrote:
> >
> > Yes, but then you can't use the Spacewalk interface to browse
> > and install new packages. I don't think you necessarily need
>
> Why?
>
> > the Spacewalk server to proxy the requests, but I do think
> > you'd want the Spacewalk server to know what packages are
> > available for install and be able to tell you when newer versions
> > are available.
>
> Sure. You'd setup for example Fedora repository, and Spacewalk would
> poll the repository for new changes.

Sorry, I mistook your meaning. This was my original suggestion. Allow Spacewalk to refer to external repositories. Have Spacewalk read the available packages in the same way as yum and then allow it to direct the subscribed client to go and install packages from the 3rd party repository.

Cheers,

Kim
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