MailScanner on yum repository

[Jason Ede]

From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Hugo van der Kooij [hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org]
Sent: 05 January 2008 19:44
To: MailScanner discussion
Subject: Re: MailScanner on yum repository

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Jason Ede wrote:
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> When do you plan to put 4.66 onto the yum respository?

Who knows. I am still not clear on what works best. But I would say it
is rather obvious I would prefer to have a yum repository on the
MailSanner site if none of the regular repositories are willing to pick
it up.

I allready forwarded the manual to create a repository to Jules. And it
is small enough to fit on one of those annoying yellow sticky pieces of
papers some people will stick to their monitor.

But there is the problem of dependencies. So far I have come up with the
 following scenarios:


 1. Forget about it. Not realy what I wish for but it is an option that
must be listed just for arguments sake.


 2. Use a minimal set of packages in the repository and rely on other
repositories. That might break things every now and again untill it is
fixed in a new beta and official release in due time.

A partial fix is to be more strict on which packages are acceptable by
adding more version checks. Something like:
Requires: perl-MailTools >= 1.7, perl-MailTools < 2.0
(This should forbid one to install a 2.x version.)

Or use a very strict list of tested version. So in this case it would read:
Requires: perl-MailTools = 1.77


 3. Use a big repository and add tested package that are working well
with RHEL/Centos for example and just use that repository next to
RHEL/Centos itself. No more need to add another repository.


At this point both options 2 and 3 have their own merits and challenges.
I tend to lean towards option 2 as it is propably much less work in the
long run.

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I personally prefer option 2 and I think specifying min and max versions of libraries would be a good idea as it would solve most of the I've just updated and MailScanner doesn't work issues.

As you've set one up already how much work is it to update the repository with a new release once it comes out? I'm guessing as long as the requirements don't change too much that its a relatively trivial task that can be automated to some extent?

Jason