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Alberto Passalacqua schreef:
>> 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.

I do not work allways on the same machine, but on every other machine it
is just as disturbing.

> 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.

Exactly..

> 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.

This is clean thinking....

> 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.

Yes, i totaly agree to this opinion ;-)


> Regards,
> Alberto
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