package changes size?

[John Poelstra]

seth vidal wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

Not sure I follow.  Most users have never heard of yum shell.  I am 
advocating changing the scenarios above.

John