Dňa Ut 30. Máj 2006 18:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] napísal: > > -If you select a package and click 'Install this', YaST must know is just > > have > > to install without showing the big window. > > Many users are used to the windows or macos way where you find an > application,you download it and install it in some manner. Package > management makes many things easier but is perhaps currently difficult for > people to locate repositories containing programs they want, and add the > repositories and then install the application. I propose that the user > should not need to worry about these mechanics at all, and there is no > need for them to have to do so. The package manager could provide two > methods of installing software. > > 1: User can browse through "catalogues" of software, subscribe to projects > he/she wants. It looks like this is well on the way to being implemented > aside from a user interface for browsing available catalogues such as > might be on software.opensuse.org. > > 2:User wants to install current version of $app, User visits $app's > homepage, clicks "install on SUSE Linux" link and the program is > automatically installed by the package management system. (after > appropriate confirmation,authentication from user obviously) > > This second point seems relatively easy to implement, one has a file > containing a selection of packages, description and a list of repositories > where they can be found. The package management system can then interpret > this file and add the repositories if required and install the packages > with full dependency resolution. This method of installing packages would > eliminate the user's need to know how to add package repositories, or what > packages are on what repository. It would also enable users to easily > install multimedia support by clicking a link on the packman website > rather than having to follow instructions for adding a source and then > installing the appropriate packages.
Sounds like an add-on product to me. This is another big pro for introducing ZYPP. Stano --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
