Preparing smart 0.42

[Michael Vogt]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 12:08:42AM +0200, Pascal Bleser wrote:
> Werner Flamme wrote:
> > Michael Vogt schrieb am 13.06.2006 12:12:
> >>> - aptchannelsync.py plugin added that will keep the channels in 
> >>>   sync with /etc/apt/sources.list{.d} (for debian based distros)
> >>>
> >>> Feedback is welcome of course :)
> > 
> > So I feed your back now ;-)
> > 
> > The syncing with /etc/apt/ is a good idea, but why for debian only? I'm
> > running SUSE (10.0 and 10.1) with apt, and it works fine. I'd like to see
> > every change of the sources directly in smart - this is really smart ;-)
> 
> I'm all against syncing with other package management tools.
> 
> That's the sort of magic I personally wouldn't want to happen,
> especially because it doesn't work in the opposite direction (apt-rpm
> doesn't import/detect/use smart channels).
> 
> What could be done though, is to ship a script that merges apt-{deb,rpm}
> sources into smart channels, but it would have to be triggered explicitly.

This is a complettely optional feature that has to be explicitly
activated (via sysconf) and defaults to "False". So no worries :)

I will enable it in my ubuntu/debian packages though to make the
transition easier for my users. 

Cheers,
 Michael

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