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Fedora yum repo

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really cool stuff.

fedora yum repo available for :
last.fm
playonlinux
adobe flash plugin
rpm livna.org
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Post by frank »

Am I right that this is an advertisement?
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probably you are not familiarly with linux software.
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axet wrote:probably you are not familiarly with linux software.
Then enlighten us. What does this have to do with VB?
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Post by sej7278 »

its got fsck all to do with virtualbox, although rpm.livna.org is a useful fedora repository; they don't host virtualbox packages - although maybe this thread is cryptically requesting they should.....?
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ok. i told about way how software must be published to fedora community.

if you take a look to http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads you can see instruction fro debian system and not for fedora distro.

almost no one who make software for fedora make it right, common mistake is privode rpm package without yum repo rpm. my liks is good examples how do it right.

livna must not pack any proprietary program and i do not mean that.
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playonlinux.com also switch to the fedora rpm publish way.

http://pol.mulx.net/rpm/
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Post by MaidenFan »

Integrating into repositories is always a good thing for programs, as it means that the package manager (yum, apt-get etc) will always pick up new versions and update where necessary rather than having to manually check for updates yourself (or get the app to do it for you).

Having said that, downloading and installing an RPM has just the same effect. You can actually uninstall VB using the Fedora package manager, so while repo integration would be nice concept, it's not really needed as yet. In addition to that, I believe the packages all need to be inspected and approved by the repo managers before they're added to the list.
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The content of the first post is not quite clear but the idea of having a yum repository for virtualbox is a very good one and easy to be set up.
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Re: Fedora yum repo

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it would have to be a sun-hosted repository for the PUEL version, otherwise it would only be the OSE version if it was fedora-hosted.
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