On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, seth vidal wrote: > One of the tricks I remember coming up before is sensibly representing > parallel downloads on a 80x25 display w/o resorting to something like > ncurses or snack. > Additionally, sensibly skipping a mirror or canceling a download in that > situation, as well. > > While I agree parallel downloads could speed up certain items in yum I'm > concerned about how complex it could make the interface. Well, apt has a fullblown curses frontend (dselect) with browsing etc. It is certainly very convenient. Maybe its time yum supported an ncurses interface as an option... I even thought of writing an ncurses yum frontend some time ago, and call it "yuk" :-) -Dan
