Comps/groups/tags-concepts [Was: FESCo Meeting Summary for 2008-10-29]

[Seth Vidal]

>
> The thing I've always wanted is:
>
> Duplicate the installed packages on this other, existing machine
> with options as to whether you want the same package versions or the currnt 
> versions.
>
> And done in a way where the existing machine publishes it's list so the 
> person installing just picks the example instead of wading through the 
> thousands of packages every time.
>
> Bonus points for installing from the same repositories as the original 
> packages...
>
> This could replace the concept of 'spins' with a minimal install and a 
> command that says 'make it like that one' that someone with some expertise 
> has configured for a similar purpose.
>

That's really off-subject, though. That's something you do WITH the 
metadata, not how to format the metadata to begin with.

And the above is doable as things are now, it's just not been written.

Tag-based viewing isn't doable now.

-sv