[Mageia-dev] gstreamer0.10-faac - package request

Tue Jun 19 09:26:52 CEST 2012

> Colin Guthrie wrote:
+[...]
+>> Hope that explains the issue. It would be nice to solve it, but I'm not
+>> sure how without another media than that's a pain to support cleanly.
+>>
+>> Col
+>
+> Real life is confusing.  :-(
+>
+> Hide the messy bit.  They can edit urpmi.cfg if they want to.
+>
+> The user interface should just ask simple questions; like,
+> "Do you want to avoid non-free software?",
+> "Do you want to avoid possibly patented software?",
+> "Do you want to avoid backported software?",
+> "Do you want to avoid software not approve by QA yet?", and
+> "Do you want to avoid software that gives debug messages?".
+> Where each of those questions applies to half of the repositories.
+>
+> I am assuming automatic answers to the unasked questions about
+> updates and about 64 bit versus 32 bit.  Each of which also
+> applies to half of the repositories.
+>
+> Five answers handle 128 repositories.
+>
+> If you assume that only advance users will want to know about
+> backports, testing and debug then you only have to ask TWO
+> questions.  Maybe three; non-free, tainted, advanced?
+>
+> This should be posted somewhere else, I just don't know where.
+
+actually, i've sent an email in the past about restructuring of the "media
+screen" during install.
+
+it's that screen that asks you if you have more media.
+
+we should redesign it as such:
+
+--------------------------------
+
+What repositories do you want to use for install? (In case of doubt, just
+click 'next'.)
+
+[X] <current media> (that's DVD|LiveCD|USBStick|network... whatever that
+is used to install)
+[ ] online repositories
+[ ] (placeholders for manually added custom repositories)
+
+[X] updates
+[ ] backports
+[ ] non-free
+[ ] tainted
+[ ] testing
+[ ] debug
+
+------------------------------------
+
+since testing and debug is hidden in advanced mode, (and the placeholders
+are only added with the advanced button). I think this would be a very
+nice screen.
+
+in advanced mode, you could one or more manual repositories (or even a
+--distrib repos).
+
+it would even allow for unchecking online repos, and add distrib repos
+through an urpmi-proxy server.
+