On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:14:49PM -0400, Pradeep Kilambi wrote: > Hey Guys: > > So I'm mostly done with adding the sha256 checksum support for yum repo > generation in taskomatic and its fully functional. Now, currently the > way I have it working is, if the Channel or in child channel case (its > parent) is el5'ish or if its a custom channel then we use sha1, else we > default to sha256. This works fine in all cases and specifically for > el5. > > Now for custom channels, was thinking of another approach, this may be > for spacewalk-0.6 if we have time or do it in 0.7.. > > So basically, give the user an option to choose which checksum to use at > the channel creation time, > > * In the createChannel page, we add a little field for user to chose > which checksum to use for repo cache. With a tip at the bottom that > suggests which option to choose when. for example, > <channel creation page> > > Checksum Type for Repo: ______________________ (default to sha1 as its > less breakage prone. Or we can change this to sha256) > tip: Use sha1 if you're using older rpm content such as RHEL-5/Centos-5 > Use sha256 if you're using newer rpm content such as Fedora-11. > > * If its a null org channel we go by what I have so far and decide by > channel release. > > This adds little more extension to what I have but its probably better > in long run. > > My take is leave it the way I have for space0.6 and do this improvement > for 0.7'ish. > > What do you guys think ?
How about asking for the 'generation' or some such for the channel? You
could have:
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Channel Generation: |f 11 or newer| (including hyperlink to help doc)
|f 6 / el 5 |
|f < 6 |
|el < 4 |
|other |
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Advanced > (expander, closed by default)
Uses Yum for clients [ ]
Checksum type for repo [ ]
(Some kickstart suff maybe?)
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