package changes size?

John Poelstra poelstra at redhat.com
Fri Oct 26 18:41:36 UTC 2007


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]:


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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]:




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