[Pulp-list] Bulk Repo Creation - Thoughts/Comments?

[Todd B Sanders]

On 03/30/2011 09:41 AM, Pradeep Kilambi wrote:
> On 03/30/2011 08:37 AM, Todd B Sanders wrote:
>> On 03/29/2011 10:40 AM, Pradeep Kilambi wrote:
>>> On 03/29/2011 10:28 AM, Todd B Sanders wrote:
>>>> https://fedorahosted.org/pulp/wiki/ProductRepos
>>>
>>> Would it make sense to keep repo create as it is and add another 
>>> feed type, so instead of
>>>
>>>  $ pulp-admin repo bulk-create 
>>> --feed=yum:http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/pulp/pulp --groupid=pulp
>>>
>>> we would do,
>>>
>>> $ pulp-admin repo create 
>>> --feed=bulk:http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/pulp/pulp 
>>> --groupid=pulp
>>>
>>>
>>> This was there is always a single create command to run instead of 
>>> another bulk-create command.
>>>
>>> ~ Prad
>>>
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>>
>> This brings up another issue.  We are going to need to support file 
>> sync very very soon.  Also, we need to consider the fact that Pulp 
>> repositories can hold multiple content types (i.e. rpms and files).  
>> As you an I discussed briefly, we might want to move to something like:
>>
>> $ pulp-admin repo create --id=pulp-f13-i386 --name=pulp-f13-i386 
>> --feed=http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/pulp/pulp/fedora-13/i386/ 
>> --type=yum,file
>>
>> With this, how would you suggest we handle the "bulk-create"?
>>
>> -Todd
>>
>>
>
>
> 1. we can isolate feed type from content; To me feed type doesnt 
> necessarily mean content type. I could have a yum or local feed which 
> pulls down rpms, distributions and Isos. So we could do something like
>
> * pulp-admin repo create --id=pulp-f13-i386 
> --feed=bulk/yum/local/clone:http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/pulp/pulp/fedora-13/i386/ 
> --content=rpm,deb,file
>
> which mean repo pulp-f13-i386 supports rpms,debs and files and nothing 
> else.
>
> 2. Or we can go the route where we pull everything unless restricted
>
> * pulp-admin repo create --id=pulp-f13-i386 
> --feed=bulk/yum/local/clone:http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/pulp/pulp/fedora-13/i386/ 
> --ignore=deb
>
> this would pull everything in the url structure unless we specifically 
> skip a type.
>
> Let us know If anyone has any other thoughts
>
> ~ Prad
I agree with your comment: "feed type doesnt necessarily mean content 
type".  So, why do we need the "bulk/yum/local/clone" prefix? Doesn't 
the --content tell us this?

-Todd