Am Freitag, 24. November 2006 14:17 schrieb Klaus Kaempf: > * Marcel Hilzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Nov 24. 2006 14:13]: > > Just a proposal for 10.3, as for 10.2 it's too late anyway: > > > > I think the installation source module should not fetch any other data > > then the source name. It should just put the right info on the right > > place, like editing /etc/apt/sources.list or a file in > > /etc/yum/yum.d.repos/ > > When adding a repository, retrieving the metadata is the right thing > to do to detect problems. If you start to download metadata when starting > a package manager, errors will be quite confusing.
But why 90% of all package managers work the other way? With apt, smart, yum adding a source needs no internet connection and it's a matter of a second. Metadata is only loaded, when you want to install something. I don't see, why the YaST solution would be better, but feel free to convince me ;-) > > > Why? With the current solution, each time you launch the installation > > source module metadata is fetched. > > This is wrong and we want to fix this for 10.3. > Downloading (resp. refreshing) repository metadata should not be done > when starting a software managment application. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Marcel Hilzinger Linux New Media AG Süskindstr. 4 D-81929 München Tel: +49 (89) 99 34 11 0 Fax: +49 (89) 99 34 11 99 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
