Re: Alpha Core 3 is available

Mike Barnes <mikegrouse.net.au> writes:

> Carl Lowenstein wrote:
>> A similar request:  is there a list of YUM
repositories?
>
> I'm trying to get one together under
ftp.alphacore.info. All that's there
> right now is an unpacked version of the ISOs, and I
haven't checked if the
> repodata is up to date (it's just what shipped on the
CDs). I'll probably get
> AC2 in there over the weekend, as well.
>
> See: http://ftp
.alphacore.info/alpha/core/3/os/
>
> I'd suggest a yum.conf structure like;
>
> 	[base]
> 	name=Alpha Core $releasever - Base
>
	baseurl=ftp://ftp.alphacore.info/alpha/core/$releasever/os
> 	enabled=1
>
> 	[updates]
> 	name=Alpha Core $releasever - Updates
>
	baseurl=ftp://ftp.alphacore.info/alpha/core/$releasever/upd
ates
> 	enabled=0
>
> 	[extras]
> 	name=Alpha Core $releasever - Extras
>
	baseurl=ftp://ftp.alphacore.info/alpha/core/$releasever/ext
ras
> 	enabled=0
>
> I can't see any reason to use $basearch directories.


If the plan is to merge with Fedora at some point it might
make sense to keep
the "alpha" part for the architecture.

Cheers

Anders

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On 12/03/2007, at 7:45 PM, Anders Waananen wrote:
> If the plan is to merge with Fedora at some point it
might make  
> sense to keep
> the "alpha" part for the architecture.

If (and that's a _big_ if) that happens, the version number
will also  
jump up by at least 4 steps, and I think we can deal with
rewriting  
the config files to fix the paths between releases. 

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