On Friday 27 March 2009 13:01:22 Elmar Stellnberger wrote:
Well, I think there is pretty good reason to give the update repository a high priority like 20. Besides this I would prefer the default repos (repo-oss, repo-non-oss) to have a higher priority say 40 than user added ones (99) for the reasons of security. Core distro packages are more trustworthy than those from 2nd hand repos or temporarily added repos. The installation DVD may have a priority of 30 in order to save the user from downloading packages which are available on the DVD. This will even speed up installation for those users who have a broadband connection. It is generally no good idea to leave over priority assignment to the sys admin because in most cases there will simply be no admin. Desktop users expect their system to work out of the box. They should never need to reassign priorities.
It's security vs. convenience. At the time you add a repo you have to think about it's role and assign the priority accordingly. At the end there should probaly be some option to somehow configure it. control.xml could describe the role of the repos (update,core,user,..), and some sytem configuration file translates this into priorities: 20, 40, 99,... or 99, 99, 99,... As one likes it. -- cu, Michael Andres +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Key fingerprint = 2DFA 5D73 18B1 E7EF A862 27AC 3FB8 9E3A 27C6 B0E4 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael Andres YaST Development ma@novell.com SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) Maxfeldstrasse 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany, ++49 (0)911 - 740 53-0 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-softwaremgmt+help@opensuse.org