> The parsing speed is what should be improved in 10.3, but what is faster, > download or parsing, depends on Internet connection speed, internal computer > I/O speed, amount of RAM and CPU speed.
In my opinion the evaluation of how the update system work should be independent from users' habits. We can't think to change their habits, it's a fight lost before it starts. It's easier to change the software, or the user will change it ;-) Of course I did my reasoning thinking to a user who works always on the same machine and with the same connection. That user would notice a huge increase of the update/install time in more recent versions of suse than in past ones (9.3, 10.0), without any advantage for him. The download time is related to the connection speed, and the user is accustomed to his connection, so he will accept a long download time if he has a slow connection. On the contrary he will not accept a long parsing time, because it wasn't there before, it's not there in other distributions and in other operating systems. When developing a new software, the key point is to think as the user thinks, and not to try to find excuses to justify problems, or workarounds to make users accept the status quo. Regards, Alberto --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
