On Tuesday 18 March 2003 14:04, Fran�ois Pons wrote:

> > - if a download was aborted use the part that is allready there and
> > download the rest then
>
> This can automatically activated according to protocol used, typically
> rsync allow that, whereas http or ftp protocol should be tried
> differently, maybe by allowing continue download and download again on
> error (only the beginning) if rpm is still inconsistent ?

Yes this would be fine. ftp should allow that too in most cases. http I don't 
know

>
> > - if a server is to slow / not reachable, take the next
>
> Auto tune server before downloading ?

yes , ping the server and take the one with the shortest round-trip ? I guess 
there are better solutions ;). The most imortant is that a not reachable 
server does not lead to an error. 

> > - urpmi.importmedia (mirror content to hd, build hdlist, add media)
>
> Yes, media management can be improved to create automatically
> environment for updating media, spliting and others.
>
> This looks like mkcd or gendistrib features, maybe factorisation ?
>
gendistrib yes, but different media should be held on hd. I don't know what 
you mean with factorization :) If it mean to include gendistrib in urpm and 
deny it as standalone tool , yes. 

> > Don't know if it is meant by p2p magic-hdlist : a "click on a link to add
> > media"/ urpmi://...hdlist.cz would maybe be fine too (Easy Urpmi thought
> > one step further)
>
> I was thinking on synthesis containing all needed informations as an
> extensions.

Yes, then a mime-type for synthesis or something similar could lead to add 
this media. Sounds like the same in an other way

>
> > One other idea is nothing that can do urpmi: meta-packages for special
> > purposes (like the groups during installation)
>
> Yes, I was thinking about it for 9.1, just need to use compssUsers file,
> no added for 9.1 but great effectively.

Extension of this with packages ? A group of people could work on a special 
topic. Lets say Linux Audio Workstation ;). They could define then such a 
special group in a package with needed packages description  Make the group 
selection then in rpmdrake visable would top it. 

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Regards
Steffen
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