Package: synaptic Version: 0.57.7.1 Severity: wishlist
It would be great to have a non-root mode for synaptic, to allow browsing of the package lists by non-superusers. The CLI alternative to synaptic, aptitude(8), allows this. Installing/removing would of course be disabled. As a bonus, it could even allow actions (such as upgrades etc) to be queued and then saved to a file, which could subsequently be loaded when the program is run as root. The saved actions file could be a generic shell script that just runs dpkg(1). The advantage of this scheme is that users get a pretty GUI to browse the package lists and make selections. They do not need to be worried about breaking their system through inadvertent interactions or a bug in synaptic, because it does not run as root. Administrators can then review the selections (via their favourite text editor) and update the system from a comfortable environment with trusted tools (ie a CLI and dpkg). Just a thought. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
