I second this. It sounds like a very good idea and I'd like to see it implemented as well. Cheers, Chris On 4/27/07, Sami Vento wrote:

Hi!

I think this is really something I would like to see in next openSUSE -release. This would make software installations more easier than any other distribution has. (especially from 3rd party repos..)

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I think it will be very useful. I hope seeing it on next release.

Yes, that would be very good indeed. It reminds me konvinientSUSE, and I hope it will be integrated well with Yast. -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Den Friday 27 April 2007 20:34:38 skrev M9.:

Maybe i am just stupid, but i certainly do not have the intention to torpedo the work of Benji.....

But what is the difference with normal Yast installer?

I thought that one only had to add the source-url into Yast2, to add the repo....(that is the way I allways did it..and still do.)

I turn refreshing or use of the url on or off, the way i see fit.

My screenshots were a bit antiquated. The newest version has an option to select whether you'd like to keep a certain repo after installing something.

(Like the 10.1 packman repo, i only used to install libxine1 W32codecs-all onto 10.2, when the 10.2 packman-repo was not yet available...)

Does this module allready have the repo source-urls installed?

The repo urls are in the "metapackage". Which is the xml-file. This is not very different from normal package management, and it also uses libzypp. The "service" that it really adds is "information": * What's the repo url * How do I add the repo * What packages should I install to achieve something * How do I install packages Take the multimedia example, I think it takes about 5 minutes on average for new users to discover lacking multimedia support, then they want that added instantly. Can't wait to learn about repositories and package management first. The metapackage is kind of comparable to patterns, add-on cds and such, it's a method for making common actions faster and simpler to do. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

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On 4/27/07, M9. wrote:

...

But what is the difference with normal Yast installer?

[snip]

It doesn't replace anything, merely automates it, the repositories are still added as sources to yast (can be only temporary).

Hope that clarifies things.

Yes it does, certainly for new users this is a very good job, because it exactly goes the way you discribed it.. ;-) _

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