[release-notes] Disabled repositories support

pbokoc pbokoc at fedoraproject.org
Thu Apr 16 12:54:34 UTC 2015


commit 185213ae0456a12277850f5f7907ccc9b68a4864
Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc at redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 16 14:54:15 2015 +0200

    Disabled repositories support

 en-US/Server_Configuration_Tools.xml |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Server_Configuration_Tools.xml b/en-US/Server_Configuration_Tools.xml
index 8c75480..5559499 100644
--- a/en-US/Server_Configuration_Tools.xml
+++ b/en-US/Server_Configuration_Tools.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,21 @@
 				DNF supports installing language packs using the <systemitem>dnf-langpacks</systemitem> plug-in, which is expected to work identically to the older <systemitem>yum-langpacks</systemitem> plug-in. See <xref linkend="sect-i18n-dnf-langpacks" /> for details.
 			</para>
 		</section>
+		<section id="dnf_disabled-repositories">
+			<title>Support for disabled repositories</title>
+			<para>
+				The <application>Software</application> tool and <application>PackageKit</application> now support searching for packages in disabled repositories.
+			</para>
+			<para>
+				If a user searches for a package using one of these applications and the package is found in a repository which includes the line <literal>enabled_metadata=1</literal> in its definition, a dialog window will be displayed informing the user that the package has been found, but an additional repository must be enabled before it can be installed.
+			</para>
+			<para>
+				The same message can also inform the user about the reason why the repository is disabled by default.
+			</para>
+			<para>
+				This change allows Fedora remixes to ship pre-configured but disabled repositories for any reason - for example, if said repositories contain non-free software. Fedora itself does not have any such repositories pre-configured; therefore this feature will not be visible on a Fedora&nbsp;22 installation unless you specifically configure one or more repositories with the <literal>enabled_metadata=1</literal> statement.
+			</para>
+		</section>
   </section>
 </section>
   


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