On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:19:09 +1000 (EST) Arjen Lentz arjen@openquery.com wrote:

Arjen> Hi Daniel Arjen> Arjen> The repository tool on mariadb.com is awesome! Arjen> I spotted a few things, hope you find the feedback of use:

Thanks! Glad you like it. And thanks for the feedback too!

Arjen> Arjen> 1) On Debian/Ubuntu, apt-get will require a valid gpg key in its Arjen> keyring to accept the packages. Arjen> Arjen> As root, you can do Arjen> gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 1BB943DB Arjen> gpg --export 1BB943DB | apt-key add - Arjen> ... the other stuff Arjen> apt-get update Arjen> Arjen> although Arjen> sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver Arjen> keyserver.ubuntu.com 1BB943DB should also work. This adds your Arjen> key and after that apt-get update will add the repo info to its Arjen> package database so packages can be installed/upgraded.

We have instructions for the above on our Installing MariaDB .deb Files page in the KB. We link to the instructions from the repository tool (as part of the generated text).

Arjen> That said, the nicer method from Karmic (9.10) is Arjen> sudo apt-get install python-software-properties Arjen> sudo add-apt-repository <path> Arjen> sudo apt-get update Arjen> Arjen> where <path> is the url you now represent for adding into the Arjen> apt software sources. The distro tag (natty, etc) and 'main' get Arjen> sorted out automatically by default. Arjen> Arjen> (so the first method needs to be displayed for 8.04 (Hardy)

That method is better. I'll look into updating the tool to use that (for distributions which have the add-apt-repository command).

Arjen> 2) the repo install info on mariadb.com does not show which new Arjen> package names become available for installation/upgrade. It'd be Arjen> great if it were to show a list of "now you can install the Arjen> server by doing "sudo apt-get install/upgrade ...", if you want Arjen> just the command line client do ..., for the client libraries Arjen> do ...

This sort of information is more for our Installing MariaDB .deb Files and Installing MariaDB with yum pages. I want the repository configuration tool to stay a tool and not become a full-blown documentation page. That said, the pages could be improved.

http://kb.askmonty.org/en/installing-mariadb-with-yum/ http://kb.askmonty.org/en/installing-mariadb-deb-files/

Arjen> 3) the distro names currently don't show version numbers, e.g. Arjen> Ubuntu Natty is not identified as 11.04 For both Ubuntu and Arjen> Debian it'd be handy to have the numbers there also as it's Arjen> clearer for users; some people are fine with the naming, others Arjen> need the numbers.

Yes, showing the version numbers would be a good thing. I'll look into that as well.

Thanks again!