On 01/08/07, Dominique Leuenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question / suggestion for the ymp handler (thank Benji btw!)
>
> I think it could be of big advantage if the ymp file could contain sort of 
> 'variables' inside, like at least the installes openSUSE Version.
> Just imagine the following tree (in fact, I have it like this):
>
> /repos/suse
>   /10.0
>   /10.1
>   /10.2
>   /10.3
>
> It would now be VERY handy for all users, if I could just offer one YMP, that 
> contains a link to the repo and the handler replaces the $SUSEVER by the 
> specific number. Of course, for the moment as only 10.3 will support it, it's 
> not THAT interesting yet, but for sure this will come. There would be no need 
> to offer a ymp per possible suse version I offer packages for.
>
> What is everybody's opinion about that? Doable? Drawbacks?

Yes, this is doable, and in fact already done. See
http://en.opensuse.org/Standards/One_Click_Install for the updated
schema.

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Benjamin Weber
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