Am 29.01.2016 um 18:38 schrieb Stefan Bruens:
Althoug I understand some tumbleweed (or any other (open)SUSE) variant) users are perfectly happy with the current package information and software install process, it would be nice if these persons would try to adapt their view to one of a new openSUSE/Linux user.
It's unlikely I'll change my opinion about the usefulness of this appstream stuff *for me*.
A modern software manager has to compete with todays smartphone "App stores" - screenshots, no-techno-babble description.
I partly agree with that, and I have stated that before. But not by forcing everyone to carry the burden with every update.
If there are technical problems, solve them.
Exactly. Download "the crap" ;) on demand, when you have a system that will actually use them.
The icons should be almost static data, so downloads should be rare.
Should. Fact is, the tarball is obviously rebuilt on every publish of the repo.
If small changes cause whole metadata download, change the metadata format, make containers/archives rsyncable. Huge downloads are bad, but this can be solved on a technical level.
No matter how big or small: just not downloading them at all if they are not needed saves both bandwidth (on both sides) and storage (on my side). (I do not agree that smartphone-like appstores are the best solution -- e.g. it is often impossible to even find out a version number of the stuff you are installing.) -- Stefan Seyfried "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org