[elrepo] kernel/kernel-lts separation

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 10/10/2012 01:18 PM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote:
> Phil Perry wrote:
>> On 10/10/12 09:30, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
>>> Oh well. +1 for separating LTS. "kernel-ml" is too broad now, covering
>>> 3-4 different versions.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Great suggestion. I agree, it makes sense to separate versions so yum is
>> able to intelligently update within a branch.
>>
>> How can we best achieve that? Repo separation is one method. Are there
>> any other ways we could achieve it with some yum versioning trickery or
>> is repo separation our only option - just thinking through the
>> alternatives.
>
> perhaps you could rename the packages kernel-ml-lts and keep them in 
> the same repo, not sure if it's better than a separate repo but I 
> don't see other options. 
I do not know about any other option than those two.
 From the mirror admin point of view ( I happen to run one of the 
mirrors...) , I think that making the packages provide kernel-ml-lts is 
a better option because it does not involve any change in the mirroring 
scripts. But I am fine with either way. We mirror everything anyway.

     manuel