Re: [Synaptic-devel] [RFE] RPM group enhancement request

[Dag Wieers]

On Fri, 2 May 2003, Panu Matilainen wrote:

> On Fri, 2 May 2003, Dag Wieers wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2 May 2003, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2 May 2003, Dag Wieers wrote:
> > 
> > > > Now I've updated and rebuild all those packages so that they are in a 
> > > > proper group, but synaptic seems to use the group of the oldest package.
> > > > 
> > > > It would seem better if synaptic would take the group of the newest 
> > > > (version) package as the definitive category to list the package in.
> > > > 
> > > > At least that is what I would have expected ;)
> > > 
> > > The attached patch makes synaptic use the group of candidate version
> > > (which isn't necessarily the latest but the one that would get installed) 
> > > in the main view. 
> > 
> > Yes, that's even better. Actually I meant that but of course the latest 
> > doesn't always have to be the candidate.
>
> Hmm.. can you verify the patch does work - for my test case it doesn't 
> seem to be doing anything afterall, the unpatched version shows the 
> correct info for updated package as well. But that might be just pure 
> luck...

Well, it doesn't work. I still get to see the categories from an older 
package ;(


> > > Fixing would be quite trivial..
> > 
> > Well, it would also be nice to have the URL (and install/build-date) in 
> > the package-information dialog. (And the URL should be clickable ;p)
>
> Wouldn't be hard to add I guess.. maybe if I have time at some point (or 
> more likely someone beats me to it :)

And where exactly do you live ? ;)

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