F21 downloads repository metadata in 3 places!

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Mon Dec 15 14:38:43 UTC 2014


Am 15.12.2014 um 15:32 schrieb Richard Hughes:
> On 15 December 2014 at 14:08, Felix Schwarz <fschwarz at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>> Well I think the whole idea of "wifi === unmetered" is flawed.
>
> It's as good a metric as we've got. When you set up a personal bridge
> between UMTS/wifi, or even GPRS/wired there's no metadata on the
> connection about this kind of setup. If the AP name had some kind of
> prefix/suffix we could use that as a clue, but I don't think just
> sticking yet another checkbox into a UI is going to solve this for all
> people.

nothing will do for all people

but a checkbox "do not bother me with anyhting related to updates and do 
not download any metadata until i say *now* look for updates because i 
do that on my own responibility, when i have time and know my 
environment" is what a grown up user expects

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