On Friday 19 January 2007 15:01, Mark wrote: > ...and to the list! Grrr... I always click reply without checking!
Blimey! Not my day is it? Looks like I simply sent the previous mail out again. Apologies. It was meant to say - > > 1 The default smart channel is wrong it appears. Likewise, it would be > > useful for users if the installcd channel was included by default for > > those who download the full size iso rather than the slim version - then > > they can add packages directly from the cd. > > What seems to be wrong exactly ? It points to ftp.yoper.com/something. I assume it needs to point to the IP address where the rpms currently can be found? > 2 Although it works fine, a little more clarification may be in order > > during the install. When selecting partitions, the option to choose a > > home partition is available, but that is not a requirement for the > > install to work, so perhaps on the first screen dealing with the > > partitioning, it would be useful to explain that a root partition (and > > swap?) is all that is needed, however a seperate home partition is useful > > for keeping your own data in in case of upgrades etc. > > Ok, will do that but trying to avoid additional screens ... > Perhaps it could simply be added to one of the current screens rather than creating a new one? > > 3 I received a few errors from udev on boot. Nothing which caused any > > issue, but perhaps worrying for users? It could be simply down to my > > using vmware to install the test iso in - but if others get these > > messages, it may need looking at. Unknown key MODALIAS is one of the > > errors I think, the other was good old suspend2. > > Those udev errors are harmless and caused by the pcmcia-udev rules > which have to be fixed of course :) . > Yep, they were not causing any issues for me. > > It may be nice to have a script run on first boot up into the gui, which > > explains that the package manager is smart, maybe with a simple > > explanation of how to use it. Not vital, but a nice touch for those > > coming to Yoper from other distros (or indeed the older Yoper versions or > > <shudder> windows) > > Actually it would be nice to have a nice little guide available > written in html and with some screenshots. Volunteers ? Sadly, my own understanding of smart is virtually nil. Although I have experimented with it in the test isos over the last year or so, I still have little idea! A guide - written in simple terms, easy to follow, would be really useful. The technical overviews provided by the wiki and links from there are useful to developers and provide a few clues to general users, but they are not really aimed at the user who simply wants to change his/her channels or find out some general info. Smart works well enough - it picks up dependancies and adds them to the list of files for download in the same way that apt does, but it is not a package manager which is familiar to most users. > > > Will continue to fiddle around with the install and see what else I can > > come up with before Saturday :) > > Thanks a lot. That's what we need. Input input input :) . And it's > much better than going outside at the moment I suppose. > > regards As I mentioned in the earlier mail, the latest iso is very quick at boot time - you have made a big difference there in comparison to other distros. The basics of the new Yoper seem to be in place - things work well, apart from the general problems which seem to affect all KDE based distros - e.g the first time KDE is run, you always seem to see a crash from it. I see that a lot with KDE, but it is always a one off - it never happens again. I have never bothered looking into it because it is just a one off and I always forget till the next time I install a KDE distro! Mark _______________________________________________ yoper-dev mailing list [email protected] https://morpheus.pingos.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yoper-dev
