Lukas Ocilka wrote: > Vahis napsal(a): > >>> During update (just after the update-partition is mounted), there is >>> another dialog that displays previously used repositories and you can >>> enable or disable them. You can even modify those sources in that dialog >>> (Edit button) so a ".../10.2/" path can be easily replaced with >>> ".../10.3/". This works for Packman as well. >>> >>> Lukas >>> >>> >>> >> Of course! >> >> Why didn't I think of editing them at that stage! >> >> Now, I will do that with 11.0 then :) >> > > Well, that dialog wouldn't win the prize for "the most intelligent part > of the installation", it's rather a bit dumb. It could be actually > extended to inform users that they seem to had been using (previously > enabled) repositories that are currently disabled and how to enable them > or why (dropping not maintained packages by default). > > Additionally it could check the paths of "enabled" repositories and warn > users if they were going to use old paths (such as 10.2 for 10.3, resp. > 10.3 for 11.0). This seems to be worth a feature request. >
I agree. Definitely a place for a feature request. Please, do. > Does it make sense? It's a bit tricky to get the "current" version of a > product just being installed, but it's not impossible ;) > > Lukas > > Not impossible, but to know these things you need to have done it before. I think the installer interface should be even more polished to a beginner doing his/her first openSUSE installation. The possibility to add the external repos is already a step forward. A clear indication to the option to update all the old paths would be another one. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
