[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #13245: Notify HaikuDepot of de/activated repos
- From: "humdinger" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:55:37 -0000
#13245: Notify HaikuDepot of de/activated repos
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: nobody
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Preferences/Repositories | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: 13244 | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Changes (by humdinger):
* blockedby: => 13244
Comment:
Isn't the menu to filter by repository in HaikuDepot simpler and faster
than enabling and disabling repos in package management?
You're right. But to lessen the effects of #13244, I currently have
Michel's mega repo deactivated.
#13244 is actually a blocker for this ticket. No use to inflict more
freezes on the user until that one is solved.
But if repo changes are instead made via pkgman nothing will happen. So
another method would be for HaikuDepot to put a monitor on the repository
cache.
Good call, I think this would be the right approach.
An important question though would be, is this automatic refreshing
expected by the user, or would it be confusing? Could it interrupt
anything the user was doing (download/installing), reset current search
parameters, do anything else that would make the user say "What are you
doing, I was in the middle of doing X and now it changed on me!!!" ?
I thought about this and your example of "smart mail".[[BR]]
I think as long as the de/activating of repos is a result of the user's
own action, it's completely save to update HaikuDepot's GUI. In fact, this
is exactly what I expect and therefore wouldn't even go through the hassle
of setting update-flags. HaikuDepot should always present the current
state. It may have to learn to cancel a running update and start anew if
it gets the message to update.
If I see something in HaikuDepot, I don't want it to fail when clicked on,
but rather have it disappear when I just told via Repositories prefs to
deactivate its repo. Currently, I get an error alert "failed to match for
{packagename}".
One thing has to be made sure though: if it's not the currently selected
item itself that's disappearing, the selection should be held and the
position in the package list fixed, if possible.
All that said, de/activating repos and updating repos (in the background
by the SoftwareUpdater to be) are rare enough occasions that I wouldn't
mind an alert: "The repositories are about to be updated." "Thank you"
(Or maybe even have the option not to update HaikuDepot's package list?)
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