On Wednesday 23 October 2002 3:58 am, Pascal wrote: > Le Mercredi 23 Octobre 2002 12:36, Guillaume Cottenceau a �crit : > > Lyall Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I also find the installer annoying if I try install a list of packages, > > > something goes wrong and it forgets all the selections I have made. I > > > have to repeat them all again for the next attempt (really bad if you > > > are doing wildcard searches then have to individually de-select > > > packages due to conflicts/space) > > > > I reckon this problem but the solution is not simple. I add it in > > my todo and try to think of an elegant solution for 9.1 if I have > > time. > > I like the new rpmdrake (yes I said it !), but I agree with the point > above. > > Btw it seems that the MAIN problem in rpmdrake is when an error occurs > during download which seems not to be recognised by rpmdrake which signals > only a bad package signature problem (of course the package is zero sized > in this case !). So the first question is : Is rpmdrake aware of the > download return code, or does he test the minimum requirements for a valid > package ( size > 0 ...) ? > > A temporary solution might be to add a 'RETRY DOWNLOAD' popup (Yes I know > one more popup !) each time a package download fails due to a server error > (too many users for example). I don't know if this is easy for you to > implement. Is people dont like popups then this feature could be an > optional advanced one ?
Please (i'm on my knees here!) don't add another popup window! Just automatically retry the download like urpmi does (it works there, and the two programs should be consistent in operation). -Elliott
