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Possibly an advanced window here to have +</I>><i> >> > manual selection of mirror. +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> Not possible for people who do not have network up during installation +</I>><i> >> (lots of wifi users). +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > imho the network shouldn't need to be up to select this: +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > this is what you'd get: +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > [ ] DVD +</I>><i> > [X] Network +</I>><i> > [X] Updates +</I>><i> > [ ] Backports +</I>><i> > [ ] Nonfree +</I>><i> > [ ] Tainted +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Network must be up to download the hdlists. Otherwise you need to +</I>><i> change the whole system, like after reboot after installation check +</I>><i> continuously for network ceonnection (until success) and then download +</I>><i> the hdlists. +</I>><i> You also need a network connection to select a dedicated mirror. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > there could even be a detection that if network is down, DVD would also +</I>><i> > be selected. +</I>><i> > i see no reason why we should not enable network sources if there's no +</I>><i> > network, shouldn't it fallback to the DVD then? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> This makes no sense because the needed packages of tainted and +</I>><i> non-free are not on the DVD anyway. And as soon as the user reboots he +</I>><i> has to unmark the DVD anyway. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Of course, everything is possible, but the question is whether it +</I>><i> makes sense to do such major "refactoring". The setting up of sources +</I>><i> is almost automatical once you rebooted your system. A popup of the +</I>><i> update icon will tell you that there is no sources configured yet. If +</I>><i> you answer with "Yes" to the related question, the setup will be done +</I>><i> with mirrorlist. See: newbie-friendly. All you have to do then is to +</I>><i> activate the non-free and tainted repos, which is (as already written) +</I>><i> an "opt-in" task and can't be done by default. +</I> + +you have a point, i forgot that we have the popup no sources configured. + +imho maybe we can change this popup to have extra opt-in checkboxes for +nonfree and tainted +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="007271.html">[Mageia-discuss] Mageia 2 RC - Installation from a DVD with a beginner point of sight +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="007273.html">[Mageia-discuss] Mageia 2 RC - Installation from a DVD with a beginner point of sight +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#7272">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#7272">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#7272">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#7272">[ 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> |