https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=215649 ------- Comment #7 from judas_iscariote@shorewall.net 2006-10-28 01:49 MST ------- (In reply to comment #5)
(In reply to comment #3)
I have hope in zypper
Yes.
There is one extremely cool feature in zypper: It is unable to synchronise itself with zmd.
I see that as one of it's best features ;-)
Ever look at /usr/share/YaST2/modules/SourceManager.ycp, especially IsUrlKnownToZMD? It hurts so much:
//format: "3|Active|ZYPP|ServiceName|ftp://example.org/update/10.1" // With empty lines and "Waking up ZMD...Done" as a distraction map ret = RunLong (rug + " --no-abbrev --terse service-list | cut -d'|' -f5 --only-delimited");
Ugly :(
As soon as people start using zypper to add installation sources, a new problem arises: They won't appear in zmd because zypper is simply unable to do that and people will ask why zmd is needed at all if zypper gets the job done without this super-expensive mess around it.
the acceptance in the community is close to zero
it is NULL.
and nobody knows if there's a single openSUSE user out there that actually makes use of unique zmd features),
This is very sad, my role is not to bash people's work but I have only heard complains about it since very early 10.1 development and now complains are centered on it's slowness and the confusing syncronization ( or the lack of ) with yast.
but as long as zmd is still there, not installing it by default in certain scenarios,
IMHO it should simple not be installed by default, regardless all the problems it has, the main issue is the fact that openSUSE is a distribution oriented to the end-user, not to big coorporations, hence, nobody use it either because they don't need it, or are being told to remove it. this tools are alineating the user base and the distribution heavily and now may be a prudent time to ask novell to wake up , fix and recognize the fact this is broken by design and is probably unfixable without removing zmd from the story and keep going with zypper and other tools that do not interface with zmd at all. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.