On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 11:36:40AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 10:56:11AM +0200, Marcus Meissner wrote: > > > * There is a Online Update configuration in Yast available but after > > > selecting "configure later" it just terminates > > > > If you had selected "Configure now" (or whatever english is there) > > the code would have added an update mirror. > > Mmh, OK, but I don't want to register myself (the help in the left strip > mentions that I register by following "Configure now") and I'm sure this > is true for most other users as well!
> > > Shame on you! Normally I would report this as bug (at least against the > > > website) but my last experiences with Novell was that I need to register > > > first and that I even have to specify my (snail) mail address. I will > > > not do so and try to ignore all Suse related bugs that's why (in Debian > > > I report everything, often provide patches but OpenSuse, oh no ...). > > > > Sorry to have you disappointed. > > Security updates are really important, they should not be hidden! I > really wonder why even Google doesn't help with such a basic topic. > > The Debian webteam discussed recently whether the security announcements > (which also contains the URLs) could be removed from the top level page > and I agreed on it. Now I know it better, they belong to it. > > How many clicks are necessary to find this information on > http://de.opensuse.org? At least 2 ... It should actually just work in the product. While the "registration" page is not very clear that it also registers the update service, it should perhaps be enhanced. http://en.opensuse.org/Update_Mirrors is on the english Wiki, (but not in the german) and opensuse.org/Security now links to it directly. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
