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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20110524/004359.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20110524/004359.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..97e60cc30 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20110524/004359.html @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ? + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Easyurpmi%20forMageia%20%3F&In-Reply-To=%3C4DDBF1B0.1090900%40laposte.net%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="004358.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="004356.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ?</H1> + <B>andre999</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Easyurpmi%20forMageia%20%3F&In-Reply-To=%3C4DDBF1B0.1090900%40laposte.net%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ?">andr55 at laposte.net + </A><BR> + <I>Tue May 24 19:58:08 CEST 2011</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="004358.html">[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="004356.html">[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4359">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4359">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4359">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4359">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Wolfgang Bornath a écrit : +><i> +</I>><i> 2011/5/24 Ahmad Samir<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com</A>>: +</I>>><i> On 24 May 2011 09:50, Wolfgang Bornath<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">molch.b at googlemail.com</A>> wrote: +</I>>>><i> 2011/5/24 Anssi Hannula<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">anssi.hannula at iki.fi</A>>: +</I>>>>><i> Maybe have a page that explains on how to use e.g. +</I>>>>><i> '''Open "configure media sources for install and update" -> File -> Add +</I>>>>><i> a specific media mirror''' +</I>>>>><i> as pointed by Ahmad (in addition to the default "add" which adds +</I>>>>><i> mirrorlist medias). I for one didn't know this option even existed... +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Your statement that you did not know about this option together with +</I>>>><i> the fact that other experienced long time users (including me) stated +</I>>>><i> the same shows that the existing page in a wiki does not mean that +</I>>>><i> everybody should know about it. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I'd been posting that link in the mdv forum for 1-2years, of course +</I>>><i> old hands wouldn't read it (why would one read an article about +</I>>><i> something he already knows). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Hmm, I haven't been to the Mandriva forum very often after summer +</I>><i> 2009. But I read each thread in the German Mandriva user forum and I +</I>><i> am sure that this was never told there. So, given the fact that many +</I>><i> German users also read the international Mandriva forum, the +</I>><i> information must have gone past them as well. +</I>><i> +</I>>>><i> A solution would be to make this option visible, like adding it to the +</I>>>><i> 2 options when you click on the default "Add" button: +</I>>>><i> 1 Add mirrorlist media - Only updates +</I>>>><i> 2 Add mirrorlist media - Full set +</I>>>><i> 3 Add a specific media mirror +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Well, no, Only updates and Full set applies to both methods, the +</I>>><i> MIRRORLIST and specific media mirrors. (IMHO, "updates only" should be +</I>>><i> dropped, in reality a package in */updates may well require a package +</I>>><i> from "release", also updates repos don't have the full range of +</I>>><i> packages in */release). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Agreed. I have been wondering about the reason behind that option for long. +</I>><i> I took for granted that "Add a specific mirror" includes a full set anyway +</I>><i> So, option #1 could be dropped and the "Add" button could offer +</I>><i> - random mirrors from mirrorlist +</I>><i> - specific mirror +</I>><i> +</I>Good idea. +But since it isn't randomly selected (unless one closes one's eyes and holds down alternately the +up and down arrows for a few seconds), and considering the menu context, it might be better worded as : + - add a mirror selected from the Mageia mirror list + - add a personnally entered mirror + +Note that (in Mandriva) it is currently (approximately, translated from French) : + - add a media specific mirror + - add a personalised mirror +Obviously somewhat less than clear. + +(Also note that in English "mirror list" is 2 words.) + +my 2 cents :) + +-- +André +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="004358.html">[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="004356.html">[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4359">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4359">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4359">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4359">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |