* Kevin Valko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Oct 08. 2007 05:19]: > On Thursday 04 October 2007 12:01:47 am Cristian Rodriguez wrote: > > that is called "transaction", I suspect that there is a good reason why > > it is not implemented the way you suggest. > > Ok, but what is the good reason? I agree that Smart is not a good model to > follow due to the weaknesses in package resolution (particularly for > multi-arch), but what is wrong with downloading all packages prior to > installing?
It depends on the number of packages. For a normal maintenance update with only a handful of packages, download all is probably a good strategy. With distribution upgrade (i.e. 10.2->10.3) or factory update with hundreds of packages, you'll need quite some disk space ;-) > > I don't buy the disk space argument, that is easy enough to pre-determine > before an upgrade, so I'm not sure why Yast doesn't operate this way. Whats the exit strategy if the disk space is not sufficient ? We probably do not want to code, debug, test and maintain two different strategies. We are evaluating extensions to the current 'download one, install one' strategy for the next OpenSUSE version and will post results to this list. Klaus --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
