Patrick Shanahan composed on 2019-05-29 18:45 (UTC-0400):
Felix Miata composed:
Patrick Shanahan composed on 2019-05-29 17:22 (UTC-0400):
why so???
Because it frequently results in a TW repo being added to a Leap installation, followed up by a partial unintended upgrade to TW, followed by a mailing list or forum thread plea for help. e.g.
it tells you it is adding a repo and gives you the option to decline the addition
It doesn't tell me anything. I don't use it. It apparently makes the option to add a mismatched repo too easy for the uninitiated to choose appropriately, judging by the number of 'zypper lr -d' requests in mailing lists and forums by those who have their Leap installations contaminated by TW repos.
it is iiuc an openSUSE facilitation to easily install an application from a search at software.opensuse.org/search using firefox.
It's painfully easy to add a wrong repo that stays enabled through a subsequent updates round that in turn causes partial upgrades, and an inconsistent (broken) OS installation.
only if one fails to follow the instructions which are quite explicit. if one still borks his system, he probably would have anyway.
Apparently they are not explicit enough, or too explicit and complicated, judging by the number of 'zypper lr -d' requests in mailing lists and forums by those trying to help those who have had their Leap installations contaminated by TW or home or Factory or other BS repos. Or, there should be no need for instruction. After all, it's a 1-click operation, so "easy" anybody should be able to do it.
openSUSE needs someone with the authority, talent and interest to fix 1-click so that this trouble is much less frequent, or disappears altogether.
what *exactly* needs fixing and which bug reports apply. I don't use 1-click. I don't know why it happens. I just know it happens. I'm one of the people requesting OPs provide zypper lr -d output in order to describe what repo needs to be disabled or removed to fix their brokenness.
Until someone with the authority, talent and interest to fix 1-click so that this trouble is much less frequent, or disappears altogether, what's the point? Such a person could start by picking through some of these: <https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/buglist.cgi?chfieldfrom=7y&chfieldto=Now&classification=openSUSE&columnlist=opendate%2Cchangeddate%2Cproduct%2Ccomponent%2Cbug_status%2Cresolution%2Cbug_severity%2Ckeywords%2Cshort_desc&list_id=11887751&query_format=advanced&short_desc=1-click&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr> -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org