package changes size?
John Poelstra
poelstra at redhat.com
Wed Oct 31 06:34:20 UTC 2007
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
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