Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
2011/5/24 Ahmad Samir<[email protected]>:
On 24 May 2011 09:50, Wolfgang Bornath<[email protected]> wrote:
2011/5/24 Anssi Hannula<[email protected]>:
Maybe have a page that explains on how to use e.g.
'''Open "configure media sources for install and update" -> File -> Add
a specific media mirror'''
as pointed by Ahmad (in addition to the default "add" which adds
mirrorlist medias). I for one didn't know this option even existed...
Your statement that you did not know about this option together with
the fact that other experienced long time users (including me) stated
the same shows that the existing page in a wiki does not mean that
everybody should know about it.
I'd been posting that link in the mdv forum for 1-2years, of course
old hands wouldn't read it (why would one read an article about
something he already knows).
Hmm, I haven't been to the Mandriva forum very often after summer
2009. But I read each thread in the German Mandriva user forum and I
am sure that this was never told there. So, given the fact that many
German users also read the international Mandriva forum, the
information must have gone past them as well.
A solution would be to make this option visible, like adding it to the
2 options when you click on the default "Add" button:
1 Add mirrorlist media - Only updates
2 Add mirrorlist media - Full set
3 Add a specific media mirror
Well, no, Only updates and Full set applies to both methods, the
MIRRORLIST and specific media mirrors. (IMHO, "updates only" should be
dropped, in reality a package in */updates may well require a package
from "release", also updates repos don't have the full range of
packages in */release).
Agreed. I have been wondering about the reason behind that option for long.
I took for granted that "Add a specific mirror" includes a full set anyway
So, option #1 could be dropped and the "Add" button could offer
- random mirrors from mirrorlist
- specific mirror
Good idea.
But since it isn't randomly selected (unless one closes one's eyes and holds down alternately the
up and down arrows for a few seconds), and considering the menu context, it might be better worded as :
- add a mirror selected from the Mageia mirror list
- add a personnally entered mirror
Note that (in Mandriva) it is currently (approximately, translated from French)
:
- add a media specific mirror
- add a personalised mirror
Obviously somewhat less than clear.
(Also note that in English "mirror list" is 2 words.)
my 2 cents :)
--
André
