http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3610
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-04-05 01:50 ------- But you make the mistake of assuming all changes and suggested changes to rpmdrake are for experts. I target my changes at all rpmdrake users, including newbies. I disagree that they have no clue what's a source. They may very well be interested to know whether something will need them to fetch CD1 or CD3, or it will be fetched from the internet. I think the currently installed version is fine to have in MandrakeUpdate mode, for the users that don't care, they'll just ignore that. It's one line. I agree it's much less useful for most users in install mode, in fact originally I was going to remove it because I forgot about the possibility of upgrading packages with rpmdrake. I mean, I do see what you're saying here. I think for one thing, my at least moving these two pieces of information up is just 100% logical. The real discussion is whether to show them in normal mode or not. I'll admit, my justification for this so far has been somewhat vague. That's part of why this patch is "step 1." What I have planned for step 2 (it's already coded actually) really justifies this (for me anyway :o). The idea is, the regular info window will show what it shows, and not change at all from normal to maximal mode, and where I'm going with this it seems silly for it to change in maximal mode. I think the "currently installed version" and source bits of info. are extremely useful, and I think at least some newbies will think so too. Certainly some will ignore it, but I don't think it gets in their way or will confuse them. Well, how about we start with the rearranging the info, and fixing the MU UI, and maybe step 2 will make the justfication for what to show in normal mode (or maybe not). ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: NEW creation_date: description: In the information window for maximal information, two pieces of information shown there include: 1) source - where a package can be installed from (only useful in rpmdrake) 2) currently installed version - which version can be removed or upgraded (only useful in rpmdrake-remove or MandrakeUpdate). The code was probably attempting to do this, but got mixed up. Currently instead, all pieces of info only get shown in regular rpmdrake mode, and the currently installed version is obviously "(none)." I will attach a patch to fix it.
