Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote: > so therefore - I am not allowed to ask the question? But what question are you asking and why? You are mentioning that someone should try SmartPM, which will do _nothing_ to solve the problem we are discussing. > I didn't realize that your vastly superior knowledge Give me a break. I am a _major_advocate_ of SmartPM. But this isn't about the end-user tool. It's about the repository and/or service. SmartPM has nothing to do with that. SmartPM uses YUM. And as someone else pointed out, it could actually make things worse with what we're discussing. But SmartPM accesses a YUM repository, and the YUM repository is where this capability could _only_ be addressed. > of all things also permitted you to dictate topicality. Dude, I do _not_ dictate what topics are discussed. But one thing I really can't stand is when many people are trying to figure out a solution, and different people keep interjecting things because they don't understand the root problem. And why don't they? They don't take the time to understand. I merely pointed out that SmartPM, APT or any other tool is not the issue here. I have repeatedly stated that the "client tool" has _nothing_ to do with _anything_ we are talking about. In fact, 99% of the confusion is because people are only used to using the "client tool" and not actually how the repository works. The "yum client" program has *0* to do with this discussion, its how the "yum repository" is organized over simplistic HTTP. Switching to SmartPM does not solve it at all, because it's still using a YUM repository. > So sorry. Do you ever pause before you click send and ask > yourself is sending this necessary? Do you ever stop to read what people are discussing before just saying "use product X" to "fix problem Y" which you clearly didn't even stop to read? > I said I wasn't entering the thread. You were entering into the thread by suggesting someone "use product X" to "fix problem Y" where X is wholly inapplicable. It's like saying fix your Apache issue by using Microsoft Windows with Internet Explorer as your client instead of Linux with Firefox as your client. The client is _not_ the problem, it's the server, and changing clients does _nothing_. ;-> At this point, you're reminding me of Dilbert's point-hair boss. You're suggest something that is wholly inapplicable to the discussion. I merely pointed that out, and if you want to take offense to it, then I can't help you. -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers)