Maybe file this as a defect so as to get the language updated: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/ ?
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Dan Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > Sanjay Nadkarni wrote: > >> On 07/10/09 15:04, Frank Ludolph wrote: >> >>> Matt Ingenthron wrote: >>> >>>> Calum Mackay wrote: >>>> >>>>> out of interest, what exactly is the problem with having more BEs than >>>>> you think you need? >>>>> >>>>> ZFS is going to look after the space; I suppose keeping track of what >>>>> they all are is the issue? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Shawn's answer covers the needed functionality, but the issue is that >>>> there are some classes of things you don't want to have to go create a new >>>> BE for. For instance? I was working on building some software, noticed >>>> the >>>> new SunStudioExpress, went to install it, and inadvertantly, through the >>>> GUI, went down the image-update path. >>>> >>>> A new user may assume that's the only path, and rebooting to use a newer >>>> compiler is pretty silly. >>>> >>>> If you are referring to the Pkg Mgr GUI, there is an "Install/Update"" >>> button just to the right of the "Update All". However, I know that users, >>> myself included, can miss seeing even an adjacent button title. Perhaps >>> reversing the order would cause most people to see the "Install/Update >>> button first, though since it would be disabled until the user has at least >>> clicked on a package, some users will still pass over it and click Update >>> All... >>> >> I concur with Frank having just run into this. I had selected OpenOffice >> pkg to download and accidently clicked on update all. I caught my error >> when it warned about creating a new BE, but a newbie would not know this. >> > > Yes. I've always thought those labels were unfortunate at best. Something > like "Install/Update Selected" vs. "Update Entire System" would be much > clearer to me. > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
