[Spacewalk-list] Feature suggestion: refer to external repositories

[Michael DeHaan]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Covil, K (Kim) wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>> [mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mike McCune
>> Sent: 30 June 2008 18:02
>> To: Covil, K (Kim)
>> Cc: 'spacewalk-list at redhat.com'
>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Feature suggestion: refer to external 
>> repositories
>>
>> Covil, K (Kim) wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think it would be really useful if Spacewalk could refer to external
>>> repositories rather than have to maintain a copy of all RPMs itself. It
>>> could retrieve repository headers in the same way yum does, and when 
>>> you
>>> select to install a package on a subscribed system, the system could be
>>> given the external repository URL to download from. A further
>>> enhancement to this would allow an internal web proxy url to be
>>> specified to allow squid or such like to provide local caching for a
>>> network. This would move Spacewalk more to managing systems and what
>>> packages they have installed than managing the actual packages
>>> themselves. It would also dramatically cut down the local storage
>>> requirements.
>>>
>
> For this, I'd be tempted to just use the config management system to 
> install a file in yum.repos.d, and adjust kickstart files appropriately.
>
> Which brings me to my feature request, actual config files in 
> yum.repos.d :) I'll file a Trac item.
>
>
Ah, you're not using Trac. I'll file a bugzilla :)

--Michael