This time I choose to update the previous version of cooker to a
newer one. Most of the installation was smooth and clear for me,
but there were still some minor issues. I was using the expert
mode.
Finding packages to upgrade:
Finding packages to upgrade takes way too much time. If nothing happens
for minutes, the user might even think that the whole installation has
locked up. So maybe you should put some progress bar or note that this
stage is going to take a lot of time. Of course the best sollution would
be making the lookup faster.
Choose packages to install:
The package selection grouping seems to make the job of picking the
wanted environments clearer. What I still miss is good explanations
to the choices (for example what the "network computer, x client"
really means? toot?). Some other questinos are: Why the subsection
workstation is there two times? How much space my selections take
from my hard disk?
The individual package selection seems to have the same grouping
that the normal selection. Good. It should make everything much
easier for novices and even for experts (if you know what you are
searching for, you can probably find it now without remembering the
exact name). The gouping needs still some work though, but that
was expected after such a change.
I would still like to see an integration between these two package
selections. The base would be the individual package selection and
there should be options to allow different layers. The groups should
have the explanations by themselves, just like the individual packages
do. And the checking of the group Workstation/Configuration should have
the effect of the current graphical environment selection. In this
selection model you would get an expanded tree with more precise
options to pick simply by clicking the subsection or individual package
selection mode.
Install bootloader (lilo):
The new entries should be added in the front of the list, not in
the end of list. Backups of the old kernel are least needed and
usually removed soon after updating them.
Regards,
Matias
