Repository feature proposal

[Christopher Blizzard]

Alan Cox wrote:

>>Now, my idea is to create some sort of file format describing the
>>repository, that can be "imported" by the software management program
>>(up2date/r-c-packages). That way, you can publish one such repository
>>description file on your website, that users download an import (or even
>>open directly from in the browser),  and then all your software can be
>>accessed from the same management tool. Perhaps one could create
>>"repository rpms", similar to how public GPG keys are imported and
>>stored in the rpm db? 
>>    
>>
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>An "application/x-yum-repository" file format which mozilla knew how to
>feed to a simple app would certainly be nice.
>
>You'd still need a simple management tool as you say - so people can remove
>them, but "click here to add Nethack" is a nice interface 8)
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To do so is trivial, of course.  We need to have a nice app for people 
to use, of cource.  Once that happens it's pretty easy to make an 
application mapping for Mozilla to use.

--Chris

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