Hello, Am Freitag, 17. Februar 2006 20:30 schrieb Thomas Hertweck: > Anders Johansson wrote: > > [...] > > > > After thinking about this a few minutes: how about gathering all > > the software tools in Software Management. System Update could > > become something like "File->Select all available updates" and > > online update could become "File->Fetch security patches" and > > installation sources could become Settings->Sources. That way there > > would only be one tool. > > > > Would that be clearer?
Good question ;-) However, there are lots of changes in the package manager in beta4 (and maybe beta5) - let's have a look at them before discussing dinosaurs ;-) > [...] This could have another > advantage: a user would be able to change the selection (instead of > just upgrading everything), e.g. he could unselect a single package > of 245 new KDE packages because that single package should not be > installed ;-) You can already do this with the "system update" as in 10.0 - just click "packages" and you will get the detailed list you know from "software management". > By the way, another feature that could be helpful in the software > module (which I couldn't find in any release so far) is an "rpm > --verify" command with an option to re-install "damaged" packages > based on some criteria (e.g. package has "missing files"). I have had > some filesystem problems lately and this RPM command and the > re-installation of two packages solved my problems... IIRC this is available in the "repair system" you can boot from CD/DVD, but: yes, this would really be an enhancement. Regards, Christian Boltz -- Möglicherweise laufe ich sogar mit fliegenden Fahnen von Gnome zu KDE über. Jedenfalls, bis sich das Gnome-Projekt dazu entschliesst, Nautilus durch /irgendwas/ zu ersetzen. Notfalls eine Parkuhr oder einen Bratenwender. Aber nicht dieses.... "Ding". [Ratti in suse-linux] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
