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Re: [opensuse-factory] [suggestion] YaST-update should NOT refresh all installation-sources when called by opensuse-updater
- From: "M9." <monkey9@xxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:48:57 +0200
- Message-id: <462BA009.4060505@xxxxxx>
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Alberto Passalacqua schreef:
>> The parsing speed is what should be improved in 10.3, but what is faster,
>> download or parsing, depends on Internet connection speed, internal computer
>> I/O speed, amount of RAM and CPU speed.
>
> In my opinion the evaluation of how the update system work should be
> independent from users' habits. We can't think to change their habits,
> it's a fight lost before it starts. It's easier to change the software,
> or the user will change it ;-)
>
> Of course I did my reasoning thinking to a user who works always on the
> same machine and with the same connection.
I do not work allways on the same machine, but on every other machine it
is just as disturbing.
> That user would notice a huge increase of the update/install time in
> more recent versions of suse than in past ones (9.3, 10.0), without any
> advantage for him.
Exactly..
> The download time is related to the connection speed, and the user is
> accustomed to his connection, so he will accept a long download time if
> he has a slow connection.
>
> On the contrary he will not accept a long parsing time, because it
> wasn't there before, it's not there in other distributions and in other
> operating systems.
This is clean thinking....
> When developing a new software, the key point is to think as the user
> thinks, and not to try to find excuses to justify problems, or
> workarounds to make users accept the status quo.
Yes, i totaly agree to this opinion ;-)
> Regards,
> Alberto
>
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Have a nice day,
M9. Now, is the only time that exists.
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Alberto Passalacqua schreef:
>> The parsing speed is what should be improved in 10.3, but what is faster,
>> download or parsing, depends on Internet connection speed, internal computer
>> I/O speed, amount of RAM and CPU speed.
>
> In my opinion the evaluation of how the update system work should be
> independent from users' habits. We can't think to change their habits,
> it's a fight lost before it starts. It's easier to change the software,
> or the user will change it ;-)
>
> Of course I did my reasoning thinking to a user who works always on the
> same machine and with the same connection.
I do not work allways on the same machine, but on every other machine it
is just as disturbing.
> That user would notice a huge increase of the update/install time in
> more recent versions of suse than in past ones (9.3, 10.0), without any
> advantage for him.
Exactly..
> The download time is related to the connection speed, and the user is
> accustomed to his connection, so he will accept a long download time if
> he has a slow connection.
>
> On the contrary he will not accept a long parsing time, because it
> wasn't there before, it's not there in other distributions and in other
> operating systems.
This is clean thinking....
> When developing a new software, the key point is to think as the user
> thinks, and not to try to find excuses to justify problems, or
> workarounds to make users accept the status quo.
Yes, i totaly agree to this opinion ;-)
> Regards,
> Alberto
>
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> For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
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Have a nice day,
M9. Now, is the only time that exists.
OS: Linux 2.6.18.8-01-default x86_64
Huidige gebruiker: monkey9@tribal-sfn2
Systeem: openSUSE 10.2 (X86-64)
KDE: 3.5.5 "release 45.4"
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