https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=156593 Joseph.Comfort@asu.edu changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |Joseph.Comfort@asu.edu ------- Comment #30 from Joseph.Comfort@asu.edu 2007-02-03 00:37 MST ------- I had been watching this bug off an on. In checking again, I am very surprised (shocked would be better) to see it labeled as Resolved. But maybe I misunderstand something. I don't see what the solution actually is for me. I have yast2-qt-2.14.3-5 on my system. But there are no Import/Export options in Software Manager (the original bug description). I have no idea what FATE #300729 is, or how to make use of it. A couple of points. This issue cannot possibly be an Enhancement. It was put out to restore a feature that had been with SuSE for a very long time, but which was (#$%*&^@) removed by someone. Not having it has been an extreme, very time-consuming pain. I would indeed call it Critical (to productivity and health)! AutoYaST will not do the job. It applies, as best as I can tell, to a full installation of systems that are essentially all clones. But I have computers of different architectures: single processors or SMP; single or dual boot; different disk sizes and partition structures; wireless or wired; fixed IP or DHCP;... But what they do have are similar (but not identical) sets of software rpms. I keep an ascii list of the installed rpms on each computer. When I upgrade and install a new version of SuSE, I once was able to use the file in Software Manager, after installation, to add/delete rpms (both) -- reviewing any proposed changes. If I had to reinstall the system for some reason, I was back up to where I was in no time. I could use a list from one computer to be the base for a new computer, again reviewing the selections for necessary changes. Instead, now, it literally takes me hours (!) per computer to carefully compare my list with the rpms available in Software Manager, and make adjustments. If there is now something that does these tasks for me, I would like to know and have it made available. A simple import/export package does things that a complex AutoYaST can't. And users can actually understand it. To add/delete rpms, I use a mouse to put check marks or trash cans in little boxes. I can not understand how it is so difficult to have Software Manager read a very simple ascii file and do exactly the same thing. Computers are supposed to be good for that sort of thing. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.