2008/6/9 Dave Miner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Moinak Ghosh wrote: >> It is fine to fetch information as and when the user clicks on the package >> name. However this constant dependence on network connection does >> not sit well with laptop mobility. User with laptops on the move will be >> unable to check package information half the time. One use case I can >> think of is that a user has to do a bunch of package operations and he >> meticulously makes package selections/deselections while on a plane/ >> train and stores this as batch operation to be processed later. Later >> when he reaches and gets onto a network he just fires off the batch >> operation and does other work. This or similar scenarios won't be >> possible if pkg metadata is not locally cached. >> > > Are there any extant systems where users actually do this? It seems a > little too theoretical to me at first glance. It would also seem to > raise a host of issues around the effects an out-of-sync manifest cache > would have on such a stored batch operation. All in all, I'm skeptical > I'd want it.
I have to agree with Dave. I'm not aware of any systems that have such functionality, and I don't think it is a usage case worth supporting. However, I do agree with Moinak that the current system is a little too network dependent. I hope to do some work that should lessen that greatly in the near future. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
