Bug 113698

Summary: Adding network installation sources confusing for users
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0 Reporter: Benjamin Weber <benji>
Component: YaST2Assignee: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity: Enhancement    
Priority: P5 - None CC: gassauer
Version: Beta 3   
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Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description Benjamin Weber 2005-08-28 21:57:55 UTC 
Having had to explain it many many times to new users I think the dialogue for 
adding a new network package source to yast often confuses users who are 
unsure which part of a URL for a package source should go in which field. eg 
people often try putting http:// in the server name box along with the server 
name, or they put the directory also in the server name and are unsure about 
the second.  
 
It would be better imho to have one field where user can paste the whole url 
to the package source which would behave in the same way as 
"installation_sources -a" and work out protocol server name and directory 
without the user needing to know what they mean.
Comment 1 ferdinand gassauer 2005-09-25 07:37:31 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0) 
IMHO novice users will even have problems to understand the questions. 
What does DHCP, DSL, Modem etc mean. IMHO the detection of this devices should 
be automated.
Comment 2 Jiri Srain 2005-09-26 09:31:29 UTC 
Done in SVN trung for 10.1.