> This is mandated by the switch to repomd. repomd's design doesn't allow > downloading only a subset of metadata because all metadata are stored in > a single XML file. (It's actually not a single XML file, but the effect > is the same as if it were.)
Whatever the reason, it SUCKS. (And it's not nice without a progress indicator.) This is half a show stopper. I doubt any of my $RELATIVES on dialup are going to download >10MB every few days just to find out that a package they haven't installed was updated. > b) Major modifications to the repomd standard. Not possible without a > consensus between all parties that use it. Good scheme. An upwards-compatible way should be possible. > Sorry, that doesn't really belong here. The usage of file name > extensions is of course not specific to a certain platform. This thread is about what's annoying about the package management. .exe processes are. The .exe extension is specific to the mswindows platform (can one say of legendary notoriety?). > > At the very least, couldn't they call it .mono if they > > really thought they couldn't do better? > > No, this would suggest that the assembly is specific to the Mono > implementation of a CLI, which is not the case. ?? Are there more Linux applications than mono which produce this .exe cr*p? If the executable is unspecific, why was an extension used at all? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
