* Volker Kuhlmann
On Mon 08 Oct 2007 22:11:52 NZDT +1300, Klaus Kaempf wrote:
It depends on the number of packages. For a normal maintenance update with only a handful of packages, download all is probably a good strategy.
With distribution upgrade (i.e. 10.2->10.3) or factory update with hundreds of packages, you'll need quite some disk space ;-)
Uhhmm, like, 4.2GB tops, that being the size of the DVD which is a fits-all? What's the smallest disk you can buy these days, 80GB? 120GB?
Hehe. Disks are always 99% full, no matter the size ;-) Actually, my Laptop (with 60GB disk) runs with Xen and a couple of LVM partitions each approx. 80% used. The maximum space left is less than a gig. Bottom line: There are pros and cons for both approaches.
Whats the exit strategy if the disk space is not sufficient ?
Display a warning before starting. Size of all packages/files to download is known before download begins. There is df.
Sure. But what to do if the size is not sufficient ?
What I would like to see is the creation of a download cache which can be copied/shared with other hosts (which would imply it's not created at /var/lib/random/phaseofmoon/day-of-week/yast/). The cache only contains what's needed at least once, not the whole shebang. Debian (so I believe) hits the nail square on the head there.
And we're determined to implement such a cache in the next version of OpenSUSE. Klaus --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org