https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373167
User jkupec@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373167#c7
Ján Kupec
I am not sure what the alias column is supposed to be good for at all.
The repository is identified by alias (or by number or URI) in the *repo commands and --repo options - it is essential.
It should not be displayed by default. Instead I would expect the URI to be displayed as by rug.
The text console is somewhat limited when it comes to readability, many users _complained_ about the URI displayed by default. I would go for -u option to display URIs as it is not that essential. First you need to know what repositories you have defined so that you can manipulate them. If you need to know their exact location for whatever purpose you will invoke zypper repos with -u or -a.
Regardless of that re**name** is for sure supposed to change the name not the alias.
Well not. Although i agree it's confusing. Maybe we should drop the renamerepo command and add --alias and --name options to the modifyrepo command.
last but not least: Reordering the repo-list at the zypper commandline as well as for the YaST user interface (though this is an indpendent issue in regards to renaming) is for my mind best to be provided by the same command as renaming. Stating the positional number where the repo should show up in the repo list is that way the best solution to provide a directive for reordering - simply put the positional number in place of the name identifier.
What would that be good for? What about adding an aption to the repos command to sort by alias, name and priority, or even URI? IMO adding means to manually assign unique numbers to the repositories in order to sort them is meaningless. -- 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.