On Fri July 20 2007 09:04, Klaus Kaempf wrote:
* Duncan Mac-Vicar P. <dmacvicar@suse.de> [Jul 20. 2007 16:36]:
On Friday 20 July 2007 01:57:13 pm Klaus Kaempf wrote:
For 'zypper sa http://foo bar', why do user NOT want an immediate metadata download ?
Lets see - the system is currently offline - the user is adding lots of repos in a batch - the user just wants to prep the system without using the repo immediately What else ?
Imho, adding a repo (via zypper or yast) should at least check for reachability of the repo and give immediate feedback. (one might have mistyped the url, access an incompatible architecture, etc.)
Checking for reachability needs network access, which is you did not want above.
What do you propose for error checking and reporting ?
All repos from http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Repositories could be offered in a pull down menu for addition offline without risk of typos and without need for error checking. Only new repos need checking and the error message could be: Error: Could not connect to repository. Add anyway? -- Carlos FL Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org