Hi, On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Dominique Leuenberger wrote:
On 1/29/2009 at 8:47 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> wrote:
Those who have put zypper/zypp/whatever together have done so without having any practical experience of using a system which relies on real-life internet connections with ISPs through either dial-up connection or even broadband. All they know is what they experience while working with a computer sitting a few metres from them on the same LAN cable. Sad.
I think the SAD part here is that the devs behind this great tool have to be insulted in such ways. This is in absolutely no way constructive.
Sorry: please keep on topic with the discussion and keep insults out. The motivation of a dev reading the thread might be much higher.
But don't miss the major aspect he has pointed to: Waiting/stopping in the middle of the update process is bad design. Viele Grüße Eberhard Mönkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de, em@kki.org) -- Eberhard Mönkeberg Arbeitsgruppe IT-Infrastruktur E-Mail: emoenke@gwdg.de Tel.: +49 (0)551 201-1551 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen URL: http://www.gwdg.de E-Mail: gwdg@gwdg.de Tel.: +49 (0)551 201-1510 Fax: +49 (0)551 201-2150 Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumair Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Dipl.-Kfm. Markus Hoppe Sitz der Gesellschaft: Göttingen Registergericht: Göttingen Handelsregister-Nr. B 598 -------------------------------------------------------------------------