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

[sashko]

on 10/21/04 07:07 Michael Vogt wrote:
> 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 I think your reminder if the list is out of date is a good idea, perhaps 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 http://people.debian.org/~mvo/synaptic/synaptic-pkglist-outdated.png
what the version of Synaptic is this? Mine doesnt have such buttons 
(custom, section, find, status) just the drop-down box.

> 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. 
that is OK, sometimes I got to know about some software available for 
linux from the "new in repository" list only... So I'd definitely like 
to know about all the updates on the servers. I believe the majority of 
users will not mind, if just leave the chance to get rid of this prompt 
forever.

regards,
--
sashko