On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > Martin Schlander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I chose to install xmms with yast sw (beta8) - apparently xmms depends on > > xmms-lib which is also installed. This is all very nice - except in earlier > > versions of SL you would be informed of dependencies before they're > > installed > > - enabling you to change your mind - or at least know what's going on > > before > > it's too late. > > > > Is this behaviour a bug or is it intended? - that dependencies are > > installed > > automatically without "consulting" the user beforehand. > > It will stay this way for 10.1. > > > I prefer the old way. Though I'm aware that some users panic when yast asks > > them any questions whatsoever. > > > > Of course in the xmms case it's not important - but if I (or some other > > user) > > were to by accident install some GNOME-package and thus installaing 100s of > > megs of dependencies without warning it would be a problem. > > I'd like to discuss this and similar issues once we have 10.1 out, so > that we can plan on what to do for 10.2...
I agree to delay the discussion. But we should also discuss for SLES 10. -- Andreas Vetter Tel: +49 (0)931 888-5890 Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie Fax: +49 (0)931 888-5508 Universitaet Wuerzburg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
