https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466490 User sh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466490#c2 Stefan Hundhammer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #2 from Stefan Hundhammer 2009-01-20 03:55:54 MST --- Frankly, I have no clue what exactly you mean. To me it looks like you have totally different expectations what this feature is all about. The idea behind this feature was to enable users to install another machine with the same packages: Select the packages you need on one machine, export that list, transfer it to another machine, and import it there. Yes, this is of very limited use (just another kernel that the other machine needs would wreak havoc with that concept). This is why we had dropped that feature some time ago, only to be force to reintroduce it because certain people screamed bloody murder that they wanted it back. So now it's back, and it has the same limitations that were the reason why we had dropped it. But it was never meant as and will never be a substitute for command line package installation or for fancy list operations. That's what zypper and the "rpm" command are for. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466490 User sh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466490#c4 --- Comment #4 from Stefan Hundhammer 2009-01-20 04:36:28 MST --- I _know_ that it is way too limited. That's what I wrote above. Let me spell it out clearly one more time: This feature is utterly useless. That's why we wanted to drop it. But we were forced to keep it in. But that does not make it any less useless. Making it useful, however, would be forbiddingly expensive, and only a very small number of users would benefit from it. If any outside contributor writes an extension to the package selector (preferably as a plug-in so it is optional), we will gladly include (but not maintain!) it. But we will not do that. -- 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.