On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 12:18:49PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> So, I think we just need to extend the category selection to allow >> a "Select All of this category" switch. We don't need to worry about >> prev/curr, etc. > >IMO that won't solve the pebcak issue we are facing. > >Here's what I propose (temporary solution, long term is already documented >in wishlist - single window instead of dialogs, and better internal model to >allow easy coding.) > >Add a new screen, that lists all packages of the category "metapackage". >Choose ONE of those before going to the main chooser screen, and that chosen >metapackage forms an additional filter over the base and misc categories for >defaulting packages to be installed.
I was thinking that we just needed a category "all" that could be selected. I don't think that adding YA window is the way to go. You don't think that being able to select/deselect all of a package would solve this? cgf
