[katello-devel] Future feature RFC: Package Upload

[Lukas Zapletal]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 09:50:27AM -0700, Michael McCune wrote:
> directory uploads would be awesome, unfortunately without something
> like Flash or Java there is no way to upload a directory of files
> with a browser, you can only do a file-by-file approach with pure
> JavaScript and HTML.  More info here:
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/254251/what-is-the-best-way-to-upload-a-folder-to-a-website
> 
> just something to keep in mind.  For the CLI this won't be an issue
> but for our WebUI we won't be able to do a whole directory.
>

As our users are expected to have higher computer literacy, we could go
for the "tar multiple files" approach. The only limit is the maximum
file size, but we can hit this anytime.

Just another tip how this could go. Btw for directory uploads there will
be always cli a better alternative.

-- 
Later,

 Lukas Zapletal | E32E400A
 RHN Satellite Engineering
 Red Hat Czech s.r.o. Brno