FS#15855 - more flexible repo & source choosing

Attached to Project: Release Engineering
Opened by Dieter Plaetinck (Dieter_be) - Saturday, 08 August 2009, 10:05 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Monday, 26 November 2012, 04:45 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category AIF
Status Closed
Assigned To Gerhard Brauer (GerBra)
Dieter Plaetinck (Dieter_be)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2009.08-RC
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

right now you either pick cd-rom (with which you only have the core repo) or you pick NET (with which you _should_ have more repo's available? but package selection said only core was enabled after all..)

anyway, it seems like a good idea to let the user pick one or more repo's with corresponding sources.
Eg he could pick 'core from cd', 'extra from my mirror' and stuff like that.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera)
Monday, 26 November 2012, 04:45 GMT
Reason for closing:  Deferred
Comment by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Tuesday, 05 January 2010, 20:36 GMT
I don't think this should be implemented because of potential problems.
Example scenario:
You install a package from extra which depends on a core package.
The core repo is installed, but outdated.
The extra package breaks because of an older version of a package it depends on.
Comment by Dieter Plaetinck (Dieter_be) - Monday, 15 August 2011, 20:49 GMT
it is implemented, but with a clear warning to users they should probably not mix local and remote repositories, as it will break their systems.
it does allow you to select multiple repositories which can be convenient.
now we should just allow adding any custom repo location so you can easily add your own network mirror.

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