[Spacewalk-list] Functionallity Suggestion: Become package agnostic

[Michael DeHaan]

Duncan Innes wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Been using RHN Satellite for several years now - and got the grey 
> hairs to prove it!
>
> With the open sourcing of the code, it would be an idea to allow 
> Spacewalk to become completely package agnostic.
>
> Theory (albeit mine) says there's very little about Spacewalk that is 
> tied to using RPM files for distribution.  If DEB file, tgz or others 
> could be used, this would open up a whole new range of interested 
> parties to the development table.
>
> After all, a package is surely just an object to the database.  An 
> Errata "just" links to one or more packages etc.
>
> Package deployments could be carried out in an agnostic manner such 
> that the client (perhaps) chooses the right module to use for 
> download/installation/upgrade/removal etc.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks
>
> Duncan
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Not to derail this interest, though in Cobbler right now we're getting 
much better support going (devel branch) for supporting Debian and 
Ubuntu  (preseed and kickseed) for imports, already having support for 
SuSE (AutoYast).

The next logical step is to teach "cobbler repo add" about "apt-mirror" 
to make it truly distro agnostic and get it packaged in more places.

I think that's a pretty quick win if you're interested.

--Michael