[Bug 909483] New: fresh install has no obvious "download in advance" knob
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http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909483 Bug ID: 909483 Summary: fresh install has no obvious "download in advance" knob Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Factory Version: 201412* Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 Assignee: yast2-maintainers@suse.de Reporter: ohering@suse.com QA Contact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- Doing a fresh factory installation has no knob "download in advance", just like 'zypper dup --download=in-advance' would do to grab all packages at once before doing the actual install. At least I did not find any in the Software -> Details -> menus. If I'm lucky nothing will change in the factory repo while I'm doing the install or the upgrade. The summary screen said it will download 1.1GB for a fresh install, which will take some time to download+install. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Lukas Ocilka
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Lukas Ocilka
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Olaf Hering
Olaf, what exactly is your use case? Could you describe what exactly do you want to achieve?
Dynamic repos such as Factory or TW will likely change while doing an install. If all packages to install/upgrade are downloaded in one go the window where repo changes can happen is reduced. I have a 100mbit uplink so the download itself is fast enough. But still the download/install/download/install steps will take some time. If people have slower connections and slower hardware the window where repo changes happen is larger. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #4 from Jiri Srain
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--- Comment #5 from Olaf Hering
Olaf, do you have any estimation how real the issue is? Have you run into it already?
Yes, once or twice while doing an upgrade to current Factory.
Regarding connection speed: The slower connection, the lower chance it is that such feature would prevent the situation to happen...
I think its not just the connection speed, also how fast a given package is installed. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
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