Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 188468
pirut doesn't indicate which repo a package is from
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:30 EST
Description of problem: pirut doesn't let you know which repo a package is from, it seemlessly merges all the repos you have defined, which is annoying and makes it impossible to install all of Core (for example). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pirut-1.0.1-1 How reproducible: Allways Steps to Reproduce: 1. Launch pirut 2. 3. Actual results: All packages from all repos shown as one list. Expected results: There should be a repo column so you can see what repo a package is from. You should also be able to list by repo, to make is easy to install all of a single repo, for example Core. Additional info: The installation doesn't let you install the whole CD set as was possible with previous versions, making the limitations of pirut worse. I know there is no possibility of this feature being added in FC5, but what about FC6 ?
But what's really the difference between the repos? And do updates count as part of Core? The issue starts to get very confused very quickly and so it's easier to not even try to have a made up difference between them.
The difference is that some are official and "sanctioned", like Extras, and others are not (like the multimedia ones I have so I can play files that Fedora officially won't play). It leads to monumental package clutter. And if there is no difference, why have Extras ? Why not just lump the lot together ? I think the repo source *does* matter and pirut should let you know, IMHO.