[Fedora-packaging] RFC: Creating meta group packages via comps

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 15:58 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> seth vidal (skvidal at linux.duke.edu) said: 
> > > Napkin-ing this, you'd compare it, see the new packages, and then
> > > pop up:
> > > 
> > >  New software available in the 'Games' group:
> > > 
> > >    GnomePoker - Play poker against your friends! Lose all your money!
> > >    HackSlashKillMaim - Role play as your favorite serial killer
> > >    
> > >  [ Don't install ] [ Tell me more ] [ Ask me later ] [ Install new packages ]
> > > 
> > > or something along those lines.
> > 
> > You should be able to just run groupinstall again and it will only
> > install the new stuff in that comps group. 
> 
> But we don't:
> a) store what groups are installed on the box, to know how to automatically
>    do this

yum can more or less generate that based on what is currently installed.

> b) users may want to know about new optional packages, that this won't catch
true enough.

-sv