[Libosinfo] [PATCH 5/6] add support for generic Mageia

[Thierry Vignaud]

On 11 August 2016 at 16:29, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
>> >> - split netinstall,
>> >> - add variant IDs
>> >> - add kernel/initrd pathes,
>> >> - make live be x86_64 (same label between ia32 & x86_64 :-( )
>> >> - live matches only mga4+
>> >> ---
>> >>  data/os/mageia.org/mageia-unknown.xml.in | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >>  1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)
>> >>  create mode 100644 data/os/mageia.org/mageia-unknown.xml.in
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/data/os/mageia.org/mageia-unknown.xml.in b/data/os/mageia.org/mageia-unknown.xml.in
>> >> new file mode 100644
>> >> index 0000000..bf90917
>> >> --- /dev/null
>> >> +++ b/data/os/mageia.org/mageia-unknown.xml.in
>> >> @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
>> >> +<libosinfo version="0.0.1">
>> >> +
>> >> +  <os id="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Cauldron">
>> >> +    <short-id>mageia-unknown</short-id>
>> >> +    <name>Mageia</name>
>> >> +    <vendor>Mageia</vendor>
>> >> +    <family>linux</family>
>> >> +    <distro>mageia</distro>
>> >> +    <version>unknown</version>
>> >> +    <derives-from id="http://mageia.org/mageia/5"/>
>> >> +
>> >> +    <variant id="live">
>> >> +      <_name>Mageia Unknown Live</_name>
>> >> +    </variant>
>> >> +    <variant id="net-install">
>> >> +      <_name>Mageia Unknown Net-install</_name>
>> >> +    </variant>
>> >> +    <variant id="regular-installer">
>> >> +      <_name>Mageia Unknown DVD Installer</_name>
>> >> +    </variant>
>> >> +
>> >> +    <media arch="i686">
>> >> +      <variant id="net-install"/>
>> >> +      <url>ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/i586/install/images/boot.iso</url>
>> >> +      <iso>
>> >> +        <volume-id>Mageia.*i586-netinstall</volume-id>
>> >> +      </iso>
>> >> +      <kernel>isolinux/i386/vmlinuz</kernel>
>> >> +      <initrd>isolinux/i386/all.rdz</initrd>
>> >> +    </media>
>> >> +
>> >> +    <media arch="x86_64">
>> >> +      <variant id="net-install"/>
>> >> +      <url>ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/boot.iso</url>
>> >
>> > What is this FTP site ? Is that really the official host for the
>> > Mageia download ISO ?
>>
>> That's just one of the faster mirror as the web doesn't provide an URL
>> for cauldron (~= rawhide for FC) like it does for stable release
>
> There must be somewhere that the mirrors are getting their master
> content from. We don't really want to link to specific mirrors
> as that inappropriately directs traffic to just one mirror, defeating
> the point of having lots of mirrors. Also mirrors come & go, so we
> don't want to depend on one specific mirror continuing to exist.

Sadly the primary source for primary mirrors isn't publicaly availlable....