[Server-devel] olpc rpm repository and fedora mirror

[Daniel Jared Dominguez]

I got Michail to create the hostname fedora.laptop.org. I'll set it up
once Ivan creates a vserver for the purpose on grinch.

--Jared

> On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 09:23 -0400, John Watlington wrote:
> > On May 8, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > as far as I can tell, OLPC uses it's own rpm repository for  
> > > customized rpms
> > > for the xo build.
> > >
> > > How can I add packages there, for the server? Or should we create a  
> > > seperate
> > > repository for the server rpms?
> > 
> > Please create a separate repository for the server rpms.   The  
> > laptops will
> > be updating themselves from the server, meaning that OLPC's repository
> > is mainly for development.   The server update strategy is different  
> > --- both in that
> > it will support incremental updates and those updates will be pulled  
> > from a
> > centralized repository.   Down the road, there will be a number of  
> > country
> > repositories.
> > 
> > > Currently I created "my own" repository on xs-dev.laptop.org, but I  
> > > think it
> > > really belongs on dev.laptop.org - you agree?
> > 
> > DNS names are cheap, keep using xs-dev.  We will, however, have to move
> > xs-dev to a machine in the colo.
> > 
> > > Same goes for a fedora mirror, is there one on dev.laptop.org or  
> > > elsewhere at
> > > laptop.org/MIT?
> > 
> > ?
> > 
> > Comments ?
> > wad
> 
> Someone just needs to setup a box to rsync a from one of the Fedora
> repos.
> 
> -- 
> John (J5) Palmieri <johnp at redhat.com>

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