[Yum] Yum Ideas?

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Thu Feb 5 15:30:53 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 10:28, Nigel Jewell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've just started using yum in anger, and there are a number of things 
> that immediately spring to mind.  Have any of these been considered?
> 

you started using yum in anger?

Did it offend you?

> 1) The ability to download updates but not install them.  For example, 
> every night I would like to check for updates and download them, but 
> have the ability to install them at a later time.

asked for quite a bit.


> 2) Displaying the total filesize during the download and not just the 
> downloaded filesize.  Small point, but useful.

maybe.Not sure if I have that information up-front, though.


> 3) Displaying the download speed during download.  Small point but useful.

Why Download Speed?
There is limited room on a screen. why is download speed important?
-sv





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