Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (265 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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El 2007-05-06 a las 03:09 -0400, Cristian Rodriguez R. escribió:

> Pascal Bleser escribió:
> 
> > 
> > Yes, that would be good.
> > And then, IMO the focus should be put on usability of the package
> > manager (adding/removing/refreshing repositories, finding/installing
> > packages, installing patches/online updates, upgrading packages
> > (including from 3rd party repos), etc...).
> 
> Yes, If there is something we need to focus for 10.3 is ending with the
> "package manager" problem once for all, nowdays it lacks of speed and
> certainly requires usability improvements but is functional at least..it
> should be the number 1 priority...IMHO.

There is another issue.

According to the survey 
(<http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/6/6c/Opensuse_survey_102_data_final.pdf>), 
27% of users do not have flat rate internet tariff, and 5% use a 
modem or isdn connection. All those people would benefit from a method to 
download patches that used less network bandwidth... just downloading the 
repodata can be a pain over a modem, but even if it is fast, 27% of users 
have got to pay for that download, and many times.

I know it is not simple, but could this be improved, somehow?

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Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
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