package changes size?

seth vidal skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Fri Oct 26 20:21:54 UTC 2007


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





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