Re: more automated download?

[Joey Reid <whizbang nbnet nb ca>]

this is a great idea - i live behind a firewall at work that only allows
http, so i spend lots of time shift-clicking. perhaps the site could
generate a form with the list of packages, and the user could check the
ones that they want/need, and click on a download button at the bottom (a
la windows update). that would make it much more user-friendly.


Joschi wrote:

> First off, thanks for October Gnome, it is totally stable and slick as
> hell.  My windows-running housemates are green with envy ;-P
>
> I really love the way the file downloads are done on www.gnome.org/start
> .  Being able to chose a mirror and have the links automagically point
> to the right place is slick.  The only problem is that user still have
> to shift click 30-40 times to download all of the packages.  Ouch.  I
> bet a lot of curious people are just crusing right on by because they
> don't care to spend a few hours babying the download (remember, a lot of
> newbies wouldn't dream of using ftp).  Is there any way there could be a
> "download all packages" button, or perhaps a big tarball or .rpms?  I
> think I've seen discussion on this in the past, but I'm not certain why
> this was never implemented (if the reason is simply time, sorry if I'm
> being pushy.  Maybe I'll think about a way of scripting the download for
> the user...)
>
> Thanks for everything,
>
> Josh
>
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