* Martin Schlander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Jul 19. 2007 18:58]: > Den Thursday 19 July 2007 17:51:39 skrev Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett: > > zypper sa http://foo bar > > Maybe zypper should ask already at this point: "Repository added succesfully. > Do you wish to download metadata (xx MB) now ? y/n?"
Being asked every time might annoy people. I'd like to see this configurable. > > > zypper search moo > > zypper install cuack > > > for the search, you need cache, for the cache you need metadata. Should > > ZYpper exit and tell the user to refresh, or should it ask the user whether > > to refresh without exiting? > > Better to ask. Same as above. > > > In the case of YaST, should it download and refresh when adding the repos > > in inst_source, or should it do it during startup of the package selector? > > Could we have it ask "Download repository metadata now?" after adding repo in > yast? Perhaps even with an estimated size of the download. YaST is different from command line zypper and I agree that asking is right here. > > If people select no, then it must do it on startup later. The consequences of selecting 'no' should be made clear. (And maybe a 'Dont ask anymore' checkbox, configurable via menu) > > Personally I think it's more "natural" and intuitive that the metadata is > downloaded when the repo is added. But of course most other package managers > separate metadata download and repo adding completely. What concerns me most is error handling. Having mistyped a URL is pretty annoying when the tools dont report this immediately. > > However to me the important thing is not so much when it's done, but mostly > that the user gets clear information about what's happening when it's done. Good point ! Klaus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
