On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 06:32:28PM +0200, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> The main problem is that it would need special testing to have this
> feature work flawlessly, and we believe it's long work (time of full
> installs...) and dirty (make special cases to remove the package which
> create most problems), and moreover we would need more attention from the
> packagers. It's sad to say, but most packagers at mandrake don't care
> about their packages. Even if I do more by myself, I can't do everything,
> including my other duties!
[ I hope nobody minds me throwing my 2cents in here... ]
I thoroughly agree with these points... I'd much prefer more individual
stability in each package as opposed to trading that time for a working
"install everything" option.
*However*, I also agree with the original poster that needing to keep
the CD's around is kind of annoying. I've gotten into the habit of
keeping iso's around and just mounting them with the loopback device,
but that's definately over a newbie's head.
What I propose is an option to cache all RPMs to disk *before* install.
It would solely be a convience option (as most on this list probably
scoff at the idea with their dedicated cooker partitions). Something
like "cache ALL RPMs to disk" and "cache RPMs to be installed to disk".
Then fill up /usr/src/RPM/dists or something.
Makes life easier for those lazy bums among us (like me), off by default
and it shouldn't bother anyone, wouldn't require the time it would take
to continually debug the full install option, and it might even speed
up install times. (That last one is dubious -- if you've got hard drive
space to burn you've probably also got a reasonably speed CD-ROM drive.)
Anyway, that's my idea. I might be biased, but I think it's a good
compromise.
--
Wes Hertlein
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