[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ?

Tue May 24 18:53:43 CEST 2011

2011/5/24 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
+> On 24 May 2011 09:50, Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com> wrote:
+>> 2011/5/24 Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula at iki.fi>:
+>>> Maybe have a page that explains on how to use e.g.
+>>> '''Open "configure media sources for install and update" -> File -> Add
+>>> a specific media mirror'''
+>>> as pointed by Ahmad (in addition to the default "add" which adds
+>>> mirrorlist medias). I for one didn't know this option even existed...
+>>
+>> Your statement that you did not know about this option together with
+>> the fact that other experienced long time users (including me) stated
+>> the same shows that the existing page in a wiki does not mean that
+>> everybody should know about it.
+>>
+>
+> I'd been posting that link in the mdv forum for 1-2years, of course
+> old hands wouldn't read it (why would one read an article about
+> something he already knows).
+
+Hmm, I haven't been to the Mandriva forum very often after summer
+2009. But I read each thread in the German Mandriva user forum and I
+am sure that this was never told there. So, given the fact that many
+German users also read the international Mandriva forum, the
+information must have gone past them as well.
+
+>> A solution would be to make this option visible, like adding it to the
+>> 2 options when you click on the default "Add" button:
+>> 1 Add mirrorlist media - Only updates
+>> 2 Add mirrorlist media - Full set
+>> 3 Add a specific media mirror
+>>
+>
+> Well, no, Only updates and Full set applies to both methods, the
+> MIRRORLIST and specific media mirrors. (IMHO, "updates only" should be
+> dropped, in reality a package in */updates may well require a package
+> from "release", also updates repos don't have the full range of
+> packages in */release).
+
+Agreed. I have been wondering about the reason behind that option for long.
+I took for granted that "Add a specific mirror" includes a full set anyway
+So, option #1 could be dropped and the "Add" button could offer
+ - random mirrors from mirrorlist
+ - specific mirror
+
+-- 
+wobo
+