[Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk Errata and CentOS Announce

[Steve Meier]

Hi Wolgang,

I have updated the website to include the answer to this question. Summary:

Creating the file is currently semi-automated. Once I start the corresponding script it will
produce an XML file. However, the script is currently not run regularly as announcements
do not have any schedule. If this script works properly and a few glitches are ironed out
I plan on running it automatically on days when announcements are sent to the list. This
would make the process fully automated.

Would you mind sharing why time is a crucial factor for you? Do you plan on deploying
fixes to errata immediately?

Kind regards,
  Steve

Am 02.10.2012 um 18:11 schrieb Wolfgang Neudorfer:

> Hi Steve,
> 
> thanks for your reply - great to have you in this thread. I'm testing CEFS and already have one question: How is the XML file updated? Is there manual interaction of you needed or is this automated? As time is an important factor this is crucial for me.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Meier" <email at steve-meier.de>
> To: spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 October, 2012 3:03:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Spacewalk Errata and CentOS Announce
> 
> Dear Wolfgang,
> 
> a few months back I was looking at the same thing but wasn't quite happy
> with the way David's script works. No offense :-)
> 
> I have therefore created a Perl script and Errata in XML format. I had
> advertised this to the list when I initially released it so I hope this
> is not considered a double-post.
> 
> In the meantime it has evolved and I have received some positive feedback.
> If you want to try it you can find it at http://cefs.steve-meier.de
> 
> Let me know if you have questions or how it works for you.
> 
> Kind regards,
>  Steve
> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> I am currently testing Spacewalk 1.7 (postgresql) and I'm quite happy with
>> it. One of the last things missing for me is filling the Errata tab with
>> content. I found the script from David Nutter [1] that should exactly do
>> that.
>> 
>> If I understand the script correctly, it needs a local CentOS mirror and
>> cannot work with Spacewalk channels. Therefore, I need to clone the CentOS
>> updates repo with mrepo and then sync it to a Spacewalk channel what
>> results in using twice the disk space, right?
>> 
>> Is there any other possibility?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Wolfgang
> 
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