Description of problem: Another note related to bug 98669: I'd really also like to be able to start installation directly based on command line arguments. I'm thinking about a mode where I could say something like redhat-config-packages --add "Development Tools" in order to add packages in group "Development Tools" to a system, instead of starting up, selecting the group via GUI and clicking "Update". For this mode to be useful, no confirmations at all should be required to start the install process, and the utility should perhaps also exit automatically on completion. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.1.8-1, 1.1.9-1
It turns out that yum (http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/) contains most of the functionality I want, so maybe I'll use that instead. I'd really like to see something like this in a standard (i.e. distributed on Red Hat CDs) tool, though. Also, maybe the development efforts could be integrated?
Another thought: Maybe you could support anaconda kickstart files, or the relevant sections of these, i.e. allow e.g. redhat-config-packages --kickstart ks.cfg - which would install all groups or packages listed in %packages that aren't already installed, and possibly also update the ones that are if a new version is present on the source tree. Without asking any questions, of course. Installation source might be taken from "url" option in kickstart file, but I wouldn't mind using specifying it using "--tree", either. Kickstart files of course have a lot of information that isn't relevant here, but it would be really nice to be able to use the same information source for fresh installs and live updates.
yum is the way to do this