Anders Johansson wrote: > [...] > > After thinking about this a few minutes: how about gathering all the > software tools in Software Management. System Update could become > something like "File->Select all available updates" and online update > could become "File->Fetch security patches" and installation sources > could become Settings->Sources. That way there would only be one tool. > > Would that be clearer?
Well, the current "system update" and "software management" modules share the same installation sources that can be defined in the corresponding YaST module. According to our discussion, a "system update" should just install all latest software packages available for the currently running SUSE version. If it is like that then I can't see a reason why one needs to have a *separate YaST module* for something like that. It should be (as proposed) an option in one of the menus of the software management module. This could have another advantage: a user would be able to change the selection (instead of just upgrading everything), e.g. he could unselect a single package of 245 new KDE packages because that single package should not be installed ;-) Conclusion from my point of view: I think your proposal could really improve the situation. If possible, one could also issue a warning when somebody tries to import an installation source that does not match the current version of the installed base system. By the way, another feature that could be helpful in the software module (which I couldn't find in any release so far) is an "rpm --verify" command with an option to re-install "damaged" packages based on some criteria (e.g. package has "missing files"). I have had some filesystem problems lately and this RPM command and the re-installation of two packages solved my problems... Cheers, Th. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
