@wp
Sorry to overflow you with suggestions. But this one came to my mind when reading your response: What about a checkbox "Delete downloaded zip files after installation/update"? I think the downloaded zip files are not needed any more for anything else, aren't they?
A package lifecycle has five stages: Repository-->Downloaded-->Extracted(Local repository)-->Installed(Up To Date) the fifth one is the Error stage, assigned when one of the steps fails. In the screenshot you can see various packages in different stages.
Let's say a package is downloaded, extracted then the installation fails for some reason(as happened to you with VST). Next time when you press the "Install" button, the OPM will skip the first two steps(download and extract) and will resume the package installation, this way saving time and band with. The archive folder has its purpose, however I would like to make this optional:
Very soon I will add two checkboxes to the option dialog:
- Force download and extract(if checked will overwrite the above mentioned behaviour, and the package is always re-downloaded/extracted)
- Delete downloaded zip files after installation/update(only enabled when the previous checkbox is checked). It make sense to delete the old archive/extracted package, because it will be downloaded/extracted again anyways)
PS: I hope it make sense what I wrote.
PS1: "Delete downloaded zip files after installation/update" option is always enabled, the user decides the appropriate behaviour