Feature changed by: Francesco Noacco (FireLink) Feature #314590, revision 7 Title: Db manager of personal repository openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Francesco Noacco (firelink) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Raise your hand if you burn the CD/DVD distributions: Son many years that I do not do more, it's inconvenient and annoying. And yet I look forward to many more years that some "pious soul" to finally carry out a synchronization to a central database certified with the signatures of the packages certificates to authenticate the packages downloaded from anywhere you want. In this way, it would be theoretically possible to keep track of any downgrade or even preferred embodiments of the programs used. Furthermore, it would end the ridiculous distribution of large dvd or cd that you just downloaded many are already being updated, at times, heavily! Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: - To reduce the internet traffic that would be better handled by proxy servers without wasting portions of identical data. - To promote the dissemination of the system as they are more flexible. - Why it will be much more practical circular with a hdd or a usb stick (now greatly capacious and fast) rather than a case full of cd/dvd or fanciful escamotages to overcome this. Etc.. Already that fantasy does not cost anything: Why just this and optimize the packages to be run as they are without the need to unpack and install! One might worry, and take in your pocket, the signature database and the only files "config / ini" that would characterize your installation (in addition to personal documents, of course). .. it's just a dream! Discussion: #1: Dainius Masiliunas (greatemerald) (2012-11-11 22:31:58) I don't understand what you mean. There is already a network installer. Also, all of the downloadable ISOs are easily writeable to USB media. And for changing what is in the ISOs, you have SUSE Studio. The DVD image is still useful, even if it is rarely used for burning actual DVDs. I often write it on a USB stick. It is very fast to download it using Bittorrent, while it doesn't take up any traffic from the main repositories; and once it's done, you have a speedy local repository of packages, which you just need to plug in to greatly increase the speed of installing new packages (if they were not updated in the mean while). #3: Francesco Noacco (firelink) (2012-11-12 01:06:57) (reply to #1) I realized that you can do (I was just formatting a virtual disk to try to understand what is put in it), but have a lot more or less disorganized and usable by the usual "veterans well informed" is not the same type of thing as an "official" synchronizes package signatures and download them in an organized and available to all. Also, if well designed could be interesting to use as a test and downgrade of updates, both system and applications. + #4: Francesco Noacco (firelink) (2012-11-23 01:17:36) (reply to #1) + I tried SUSE Studio, is the exact opposite of what I mean! The primary + intention is to reduce duplicate files, not increase them further with + iso images can easily be transformed into profiles installation + automatic or semi-automatic administrable from a graphical interface to + a database. In my view therefore, you want to use a "base" customizable + (eventually also during installation or power strip. Styled "macro", if + I pass the word), not an countless number of systems to choose from. + Who does not want all the best? .. On your system, rather than + continually try everything from scratch. #2: Francesco Noacco (firelink) (2012-11-12 01:02:16) I realized that you can do (I was just formatting a virtual disk to try to understand what is put in it), but have a lot more or less disorganized and usable by the usual "veterans well informed" is not the same type of thing as an "official" synchronizes package signatures and download them in an organized and available to all. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314590