Re: package changes size?

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On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 23:34 -0700, John Poelstra wrote:
> 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.

and I'm saying we still need to display for cases when we're doing both
a removal and an install as updates/upgrades frequently end up doing
both.

-sv




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