Hi Brian,
in production you don't want to push all updated packages manually into
channels. That's what repos are for: Upstream CentOS releases an update,
that's in the repo and get's synced automatically into your channel.
Otherwise you would have to keep tabs on all your distributions and
check
Hi
I use channels with repos for up stream access to centos and updates
released by centos.
I also have channels with no repos. These channels are usually for rpm
packages we build or for packages from suppliers that do not have a
repo. For exampl when you download an rpm from a supplier.
All,
I'm just getting started with spacewalk and I followed on online guide to set
up channels and repos for CentOS systems. But then I found out that I can also
add packages to the channel itself with no underlying repo. So, what's the
benefit of having repos? What scenarios would