On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 13:42 +0200, Stefan Hundhammer wrote: > On Tuesday 09 October 2007 17:44, Aniruddha wrote: > > I have attached two examples > > Please don't top-quote. This makes answering a real pain. >
I am sorry, I really thought it was more convenient, after reading other posts on this mailing list I realized it wasn't. I even adjusted my signature ^_^ > I see what you mean. We had that once, but this is really something that is > very dangerous and thus not desirable in most cases. > > The old package manager used to come up with a solution like "delete all > conflicting packages" - getting rid of everything that depended on the > package you marked for deletion. > > While this can be useful in some very few cases, in many more cases it will > leave you with a wrecked system. .... > But we have more base packages whose purpose is not so obvious to the > not-so-informed user. XML libs come to mind. While some users might think "I > don't like or want to use XML", a lot of packages depend on it directly or > indirectly. Of course, a "delete all depending packages" solution would > include all indirect dependencies as well. Why not include less verbose as an option? That way you can have it both ways. A default verbose mode for the inexperienced user and a less verbose with as default setting "delete all conflicting packages". It is a matter of presentation as well. Yast2 could also show a pop-up window showing in bright red letters the following text -------------------------------------------------------------------- REMOVING PACKAGE FOO MEANS THESE PACKAGES WILL BE REMOVED AS AS WELL package-lib/dependency package/very_important_package package/very_very_important_package DO YOU AGREE? YES/NO* *Go back and adjust package selection ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ That way it is much clearer for users which choices they do have. And More importantly you don't have to set them for each package individually. -- Regards, Aniruddha Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
