Nate Cole created AMBARI-15636:
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Summary: Use a new concept called a Version Definition File (VDF)
to support installation
Key: AMBARI-15636
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-15636
Project: Ambari
Issue Type: Epic
Components: ambari-server
Reporter: Nate Cole
Assignee: Nate Cole
Priority: Critical
Fix For: 2.4.0
Use a new concept to install and add repositories: The Version Definition File
(VDF). The VDF is used to explicitly state what is available in a
release/repository.
It is desirable to know exactly what is being installed using Ambari. The
amount of repository management systems (yum/rpm, zypper/rpm, apt-get etc) make
it infeasible to allow Ambari to know what is in them. It is up to
distributions to provide information regarding a release in a friendly manner.
VDF processing includes defining the release, versions that are available.
This file is to be written in XML and validated using XSD.
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