On Tuesday 30 October 2007 13:11, Ben Kevan wrote: > On Tuesday 30 October 2007 12:15:16 pm Randall R Schulz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was wondering if the main repositories: > > > > - Main Repository (OSS) > > - Main Repository (NON-OSS) > > > > are changing now that the final release has been made? If not, I'd > > turn of "Automatically Refresh" on these repositories to speed > > start-up of Software Management and other package > > management-related administrative programs. > > > > Are these (or any) repositories now unchanging? > > > > > > Randall Schulz > > yes, those sources should not change and should not need auto > refreshing. > > I actually filed in a bug report about this issue saying there is no > reason that the repos should be auto refresh, and after being closed > as "WONTFIX" it was stated that they will change.
I know package management has changed a lot since 10.0, but I expect that when a repository changes it's still detected (even if that happens at the point when you go ahead with an installation). So any repository that will change infrequently (which probably characterizes the Main Repositories even if it's certainly _not_ the case for, say Packman) means that it's probably a net win to turn off auto-refresh for mostly stable repos. > When they closed with WONTFIX I was suprised since Novell should be > doing EVERYTHING they can to trim of milliseconds off of the > packaging management. Well, if they're not literally fixed, then I can kind of see their point. If they made them non auto-refresh and the repository changed, they'd probably get a slew of bug reports from people not familiar with all the ins and outs of the package manament system, which is not the simplest thing there is, I'd say. > Also.. I don't have it auto update anything except the ones I want to > check often. I typically will just update the other buildservices > manually. > > Ben Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
