On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 14:51, Tom Brinkman wrote: > Now Lyvim, I believe you read the cooker list and should know this > was all hammered out, fuss'd about, reasons given, and concessions > made months ago on the cooker list. If I'm terribly wrong, then > search the cooker archives back in Oct., Nov., Dec.... > > Tho many were vocal (as you are) about the changes, the logic and > reasons for it as given by the Mdk. developers were compelling if not > convincing, and much progress has been made with the new versions > since.
I am somewhat new to the cooker list, and I just migrated to 9.1 beta. The difference is that now I've actually made the transition from "theory" to "practice" in my involvement with rpmdrake 2.x, and it isn't positive. I just don't believe the 4-way interface is as good as rpmdrake 1.4. Behind the scenes the "engine(s)" may be new and improved, but the interface just isn't getting it. I don't understand *why* it was changed, and I have not talked to anybody that does. It seems to me that this should have been a discussion/vote within Mandrakeclub prior to the time that the change was made. I assumed that that was one of the reasons that Mandrakeclub existed. > But what do I know, it's much easier and quicker to manage packages > on the CL anyhow ;~ppp I use rpm to install downloaded individual rpm's and rpmdrake to install from CD and update the OS from the net. Usually I get the latter two items done pretty easily from the rpmdrake 1.4 UI. But since I've been using LM91 Beta 3, I've developed a strong aversion to using rpmdrake. I used to could start rpmdrake 1.4 from an Eterm and then as I conducted actions in the UI, it would report back to Eterm exactly what it was doing, connecting to, unpacking, installing, etc, et al, ad infinitim. Very handy; very good UI experience; a good teamwork job between the CLI and the UI. Now with 9.1 all that is history. > BTW, in the recent discussions of updating 9.1b3 from mirrors, I > failed to mention there's a new tool 'urpmi.setup' available. A > little GUI tool for the CL challenged to use urpmi. 'Course I haven't > used it ;) urpmi.setup-0.4.2-1mdk I *could* start using the CLI for this stuff, I've just been occupied with too many *other* things in the CLI to pay attention. I don't spend all day playing with rpmdrake. But when I do use it, I like for there to be a decent UI sitting there waiting. With the advent of rpmdrake 2.1 it is now probably time to get a handle on the CLI procedures for urpmi, at least in the interim period that it takes for rpmdrake 1.4 to be voted back in. LX -- ��������������������������������������������������� Kernel 2.4.21pre4-1mdk Mandrake Cooker 9.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.1-1mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ ���������������������������������������������������
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