* Ladislav Slezak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Jul 20. 2007 13:47]: > > My proposal for the Yast workflow is here: > > When adding a new repository in inst_sources: > > - Add a new option to the Media Type dialog (the first dialog displayed after > pressing [Add]) - a check box with label "Download and parse metadata now", > turned on by default.
I agree to the concept but not to the wording, only experienced users will know what "download and parse metadata" means. > > After entering URL and pressing [Next]: > > - Scan available products in the URL (there is usually just one product, > but there might be more products) Huh ? Are there products encoded in the URL ? ;-) > > - For each found product: > - probe repository type > - download and display the message (if present) > - download and display the license (if present), > if it's not accepted remove the product This would include checking of repo accessability - but requires network access. > > - Display the new repositories in the table > > (Note that some files will be downloaded even if the metadata download is > turned > off.) Which is fine, if users are told "Checking repository ..." > > > After pressing [Finish]: > > - save repositories to /etc/zypp/repos.d, if the repository has just been > created then download and parse metadata (if it hasn't been turned off) > (download should be postponed to the end, see bug #208461) > > > When starting the package manager: > > - refresh and parse all missing metadata (and also refresh the repositories > which have autorefresh flag set) Didn't we want to get rid of refresh/parse when starting package manager ? > - start the package manager > Klaus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
