https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373167
User jkupec@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373167#c13
Ján Kupec
So the alias is meant as id for YaST and it should be shown by default.
:: alias rug='rug --no-abbrev' This will be implemented also in zypper in the future. We are already tracking this. Can we agree this bug to be about some additional cmdln-options for zypper repos?
already implemented, see bug Bug 364391.
Some people will prefer a display mode that is more old style related - with denomination and uri column whereby the repository URI either being displayed as a whole or being continued at least to the end of the line (i.e. strip at eol).
I understand that you would prefer this. But as i already said, other people will complain exactly about the URI _shown_ by default. That was the reason to hide it from the default view. But use can use the -u option to display it. As for the abbreviation of URIs in the list, we are already tracking that feature in our internal feature tracking tool, so no need to keep this bug open for that.
I do not want to comment on which column will refer to what as long as both columns alias and name end up in showing some symbolic name thus hiding the real URI which actually is a bug (users need to know about the URI, no question, or is there any?).
Yes, they need to know, no question about it. It's just not in the default view. You need to use -u. I believe most people are quite comfortable with this, since they use the 'repos' command to get the number or alias for use in --repo option or repo handling commands (e.g. to enable/disable a repo or autorefresh for the repo). They don't need to know the URI for their everyday usage, just on special occasions, what do you think? Can i close this bug now? :O)
In deed I should previously have moved with the reordering issue out to a more appropriate place. It should not be of concern in here any more.
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