Dennis Herbrich wrote: >> 2.9 >> - Added compressed package size to sync DBs -- shows the total size of >> packages before downloading >> >> >> Now it should indeed be a small effort to add the size of the individual >> packages. > > The *compressed* size, that is. Unfortunately, what most people ask for > is the amount of hard disk space that is going to be required for > installation of the package, ie. the *uncompressed* size of a package.
Really? I would think the reason why most people want to know the size is because they want to know how how long each package download is going to take. i.e., if a package is too large, then maybe they'd download and install it later, d/l it on a faster machine and then transfer it via local network or external media, etc. DR _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
