On Jan 28, 1:34pm, Daniel Fuhrmann wrote: } Subject: Re: [opensuse-factory] The frustration of updating
Am Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2009 11:14:54 schrieb Stephan Kulow:
you really know how to comfort :)
Sorry :(
There are only few who complain about inconsistent updates because of timeout.
Just to jump on the dogpile here... I have over 9400 packages on my system. A major update will refresh nearly half of those, and I end up downloading about 4GB. Fortunately, major updates happen at most once a week. Though I'm on cable, it still takes 8-10 hours to do all the downloads, and I frequently find that things have changed in the meantime (sometimes even when I'm only updating several hundred packages). I use a package manager that downloads everything before installing (smart). When it didn't get all the packages because they've changed, it's a simple matter to rescan the repositories, redo the update list, then start the downloads again. Sometimes I have to repeat the process before getting everything needed to install, but each time it's an order of magnitude less packages that have to be downloaded than the time before. And it seldom takes more than a couple of days. I'm sure that most peoples' systems are not nearly so heavily laden as mine, so surely it's not an insurmountable task for those on slower links to enjoy at least a weekly update. Best, ~Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org