[CentOS-devel] Yum Extender 0.99 (Development) for CentOS 4.2
Tim Lauridsen
tla-ml at rasmil.dk
Wed Feb 15 14:31:25 UTC 2006
Lance Davis wrote:
> Tim,
>
> a couple of comments ....
>
> re version yumex-0.99.7-1.0.c4
>
> 1. yumex no longer has an icon in alt-tab - previous installed release
> had one.
>
I will look into this.
> 2. Seems strange to show older versions in 'install' window - unless you
> have support for reversing out later versions ...
>
> At the moment if you select to install an older version yumex errors out
> with :- /nTransaction Check Error: package yum-2.4.2-1.centos4 (which
> is newer than yum-2.4.0-1.centos4) is already installed
>
> Surely it would be better not to list them in the install window - or to
> only list them if an option is set ...
>
>
You are absolutely right this is a bug, i will look into it.
> 3. I see that there is an option to downoad files lists & changelogs - and
> it does say that this will take longer ... but with it unselected there
> are still 'Files' and 'Changelog' tabs - albeit empty. Would it be
> possible to lose them or grey them out when the option isnt selected -
> alternatively and preferable would be to download the information just
> for that package and display it when you click on the tab - either
> automatically or with a confirm - subject to preference setting.
>
Files & changelog is always availible for installed packages, the option
is only for availible packages, where some extra
metadata has to be download to show files & changelogs.
> 4. Select repos has a bug that it changes the display order apparently
> randomly when you click on the lines and selection boxes ... I would also
> like to be able to see (and or edit) the config for the repo - and possibly add repos from
> within yumex.
>
>
I will look into this one.
Thanks, for the feedback.
Tim
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