Re: [Cooker] Re: Thoughts about updates
From: Ron Stodden [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brian J. Murrell wrote: | On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 06:39:22PM +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote: | | Seriously the troels script is on the right track, | but not everyone needs/wants/has to use english-only install... | | | You are totally missing the point of the troels script. OK, not | totally, but have you actually looked at it? The list of what to | download and what to not download (i.e. non-english for troels' | default list) is a customizable list, that is even nice and easy to | use with shell style globbing. | Nope. Haven't had time to test it yet... I've just read Ron Stoddens mails to this list about this script too fast ... ;-) the only words that stayed in my mind was the English-only parts... :-( Sorry about that... | | MDK is way more than the english part... | | | Of course it is. The troels download can be easily customized to deal | with as many and any languages you want. | | Yes, just rename the rsync_exclude file so it gets ignored. | That will give you the entire Mandrake D/L, unexpurgated g, | but 512 MB larger than English-only. | Thats good to now... I have to try it then to see how it works Thanks Thomas
[Cooker] Re: Thoughts about updates
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 06:39:22PM +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote: Seriously the troels script is on the right track, but not everyone needs/wants/has to use english-only install... You are totally missing the point of the troels script. OK, not totally, but have you actually looked at it? The list of what to download and what to not download (i.e. non-english for troels' default list) is a customizable list, that is even nice and easy to use with shell style globbing. MDK is way more than the english part... Of course it is. The troels download can be easily customized to deal with as many and any languages you want. b. -- Brian J. Murrell msg86642/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Cooker] Re: Thoughts about updates
Brian J. Murrell wrote: On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 06:39:22PM +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote: Seriously the troels script is on the right track, but not everyone needs/wants/has to use english-only install... You are totally missing the point of the troels script. OK, not totally, but have you actually looked at it? The list of what to download and what to not download (i.e. non-english for troels' default list) is a customizable list, that is even nice and easy to use with shell style globbing. MDK is way more than the english part... Of course it is. The troels download can be easily customized to deal with as many and any languages you want. Yes, just rename the rsync_exclude file so it gets ignored. That will give you the entire Mandrake D/L, unexpurgated g, but 512 MB larger than English-only. -- Ron. [Melbourne, Australia] 20030106 updates now available for Fastest Mandrake downloader (English-only) from: http://members.optusnet.com.au/ronst/
