seth vidal wrote:
On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 13:14 -0700, John Poelstra wrote:
> 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"
and for a mix-and-match transaction?
yum shell
remove foo
install bar
update baz
run
what should it show?
-sv
Not sure I follow. Most users have never heard of yum shell. I am
advocating changing the scenarios above.
John