* Martin Schlander <suse@linuxin.dk> [Jul 19. 2007 18:58]:
Den Thursday 19 July 2007 17:51:39 skrev Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett:
zypper sa http://foo bar
Maybe zypper should ask already at this point: "Repository added succesfully. Do you wish to download metadata (xx MB) now ? y/n?"
Being asked every time might annoy people. I'd like to see this configurable.
zypper search moo zypper install cuack
for the search, you need cache, for the cache you need metadata. Should ZYpper exit and tell the user to refresh, or should it ask the user whether to refresh without exiting?
Better to ask.
Same as above.
In the case of YaST, should it download and refresh when adding the repos in inst_source, or should it do it during startup of the package selector?
Could we have it ask "Download repository metadata now?" after adding repo in yast? Perhaps even with an estimated size of the download.
YaST is different from command line zypper and I agree that asking is right here.
If people select no, then it must do it on startup later.
The consequences of selecting 'no' should be made clear. (And maybe a 'Dont ask anymore' checkbox, configurable via menu)
Personally I think it's more "natural" and intuitive that the metadata is downloaded when the repo is added. But of course most other package managers separate metadata download and repo adding completely.
What concerns me most is error handling. Having mistyped a URL is pretty annoying when the tools dont report this immediately.
However to me the important thing is not so much when it's done, but mostly that the user gets clear information about what's happening when it's done.
Good point ! Klaus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org