Re: [Synaptic-devel] crashing problem and translation issues

[Michael Vogt]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:27:54AM +0100, Chris Miles wrote:
> When I started with Synaptic I had not used apt and did not understand 
> what was happening. I certainly did not want to start something that was 
> going to make big changes without confirmation from me. How was I to 
> know that "update" meant "update list of available packages and 
> versions" rather than update my system?
> 
> I think your reminder if the list is out of date is a good idea, perhaps 
> with a configuration option for how often to check.

I wrote some proof of concept code and put a screenshot online at:
http://people.debian.org/~mvo/synaptic/synaptic-pkglist-outdated.png

Do you (and the list) think this is clear? Or should be change the
text/wording? Is it clear what happens when "Remember the answer" is
selected? 
 
> The package list update seems to be in two stages, the first quicker 
> than the second. Is it possible to do just the first part quickly so as 
> to be able to respond with a "new updates available"?

The problem is here, that all we know after the first stage is that
there is a updated package list available. We do not know yet if any
of the changes apply to one of the packages that are installed. So I'm
a bit unsure about it. 

thanks,
 Michael
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