> Michael Schroeder wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Cristian Morales Vega wrote:
> >> 2009/7/27 Michael Schroeder <mls@suse.de>:
> >>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 03:37:16PM +0200, Jano Kupec wrote:
> >>>> I also think the DownloadInAdvance (or even better DownloadInHeaps)
> >>>> should be our new default. At least once yast and zypper is ready for
> >>>> this.
> >>>
> >>> No, please stay backward compatible.
> >>
> >> How that would break compatibility?
> >
> > You need room on your disk to store all of the rpms.
>
> So what? When you're out of space, you'll change the default. You're
> usually not out of space. And with DownloadInHeaps, the space should not
> be a problem anyway. I really don't see why we should not default to the
> safer mode.
Some notes:
- Most of the users have no idea how to change the default.
- Trying to compute how much space you need to keep free for package install
to succeed is non-trivial
- you might end up with a device that's unable to update itself, or only with
very high involvement from expert user
Stano
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