seth vidal said the following on 10/26/2007 11:41 AM Pacific Time:
On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 11:41 -0700, John Poelstra wrote:
> seth vidal said the following on 10/26/2007 05:42 AM Pacific Time:
>> The issue is where to put the data on the screen and how to keep from
>> confusing the user. We could definitely say 'total installed size' in
>> the total summary but putting installed size next to download size for
>> each package just eats up valuable screen real-estate on a console.
>>
> So why not...
>
> For removing or examining installed packages:
>
> ===================================================================================
> Package Arch Version Repository Installed Size
> ===================================================================================
> Removing:
> vixie-cron x86_64 4:4.2-3.fc8 installed 665 k
>
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install 0 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 1
Package(s)
> Is this ok [y/N]:
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> For downloading:
>
> ==================================================================================
> Package Arch Version Repository Download Size
> ==================================================================================
> Installing:
> vixie-cron x86_64 4:4.2-3.fc8 junior 100 k
>
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0
Package(s)
> Total download size: 100 k
> Is this ok [y/N]:
unless i'm reading this wrong.
that's what it is, now.
-sv
Nope. I'm suggesting removing the ambiguity
One is "installed size"
The other is "download size"
John