* Duncan Mac-Vicar P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Jul 20. 2007 16:36]: > On Friday 20 July 2007 01:57:13 pm Klaus Kaempf wrote: > > For 'zypper sa http://foo bar', why do user NOT want an immediate metadata > > download ? > > > > Lets see > > - the system is currently offline > > - the user is adding lots of repos in a batch > > - the user just wants to prep the system without using the repo immediately > > What else ? > > > > Imho, adding a repo (via zypper or yast) should at least check for > > reachability of the repo and give immediate feedback. (one might have > > mistyped the url, access an incompatible architecture, etc.) > > Checking for reachability needs network access, which is you did not want > above.
What do you propose for error checking and reporting ? Klaus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
