On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Buchan Milne wrote: > 1)It's not supported (remember last weeks thread?) IMHO the outcome of the thread was that that was a silly argument. And if the packages are searchable, you can make very clear that you are looking at an unsupported media. And that selecting to add it, can lead to problems (but is better than d/l fuzzy rpms from rpmfind).
> 2)If we were to use hdlists, we would have to find another 20MB of > packages to axe from the CDs. But, you do not have to download those 20 MB over your 56k6 modem. > Which is no less difficult when the hdlists (or synthesis.hdlist.cz if > on a slower connection) or not on the CDs ... you still have to know the > mirror. In the end, integrating urpmi.setup is probably a better idea. yes, well that would solve the problem as well:) I see searching /browsing through contribs not as an alternative to a urpmi.setup like behaviour, but as a UI improvement: -search for samba -user can select samba-packages -in separate frame (for example) clearly marked as unsupported software, display ksambaplugin -user looks at descriptions clicks to add ksambaplugin, popup box says: no media available for samba yet, want to add one? if yes, mirror list is displayed, mirror selected and app installed. Than again, other approaches might be better. d.
