meta-repository idea (was Re: mplayer vs. xine)

[Panu Matilainen]

On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 15:00, Julien Olivier wrote:
> > It would be *much* better if the same packages could be included within a
> > repository like rpm.livna.org, so the user doesn't need to maintain an
> > increasing list of repositories for individual packages.
> 
> Maybe something even better: isn't it possible for a repository to
> automatically include another repository. For example, it would be great
> if one repository could "depend" on more repositories (rpm.livna.org,
> macromedia.mplug.org, jpackage.org etc...) so that end-users would only
> have to add 1 line in there yum.conf and still get packages from many
> repositories. It would be a kind of meta-repository.
> 
> Is it already do-able in apt/yum or should I file a request for
> enhancement ?

Apt supports "meta-repositories" but only within a single server so it's
not really what you're asking for. Something like this could be done in
the mirror-selector (in fedora.us apt) but more generally support for
this could be included in the common repository metadata system.

	- Panu -