On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:06:40 +0200 Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: [...] > Quoting Francesco Poli (2026-07-20 23:23:26) [...] > > It could still be not enough for your needs, but: have you > > considered to suggest the use of the apt-listbugs interactive > > prompt? > > I know of it but below you say "I understand the meaning, because I > already know" and the same applies here. When new users see this > prompt: > > Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages? > [Y/n/?/...] > > Then they do not think "wonderful, I can type a question mark which > will probably give me some help output -- lets do that!" > > I cannot remember a single instance where somebody asked anything > about the interactive prompt. Instead I get questions like: "when it > says Yn what does this mean?" and you and I know that it means that > "if you hit enter it will select the option written in upper-case". > This is part of the TUI interface that we are used to but it's not so > obvious for newcomers.
I think it's somewhat consistent with the prompts that you get when using `apt` or `aptitude`. Hence it's part of the TUI interface that newcomers need to get used to, if they want to use `apt` or `aptitude` from the command-line, isn't it? > > But you are right, I should be promoting the interactive interface > more, so here we go: > https://community.mnt.re/t/psa-apt-listbugs-can-open-bug-reports-in-your-browser/4509 Good, except that with `b1`, `b2`, and so forth you won't see the bug report opened in your default browser. You will see the bug report displayed by `querybts` in its TUI. The way to switch to your browser is to use `w` or `c`. [...] > I will leave the decision of what to do about this bug up to you. > Feel free to close this bug as wontfix if you think that it's too > verbose or too much clutter and don't find a solution that you are > comfortable with. I just wanted to bring this up and now you can > decide what to do with this information. :D Still thinking about it... ;-) > > Thank you for maintaining apt-listbugs! I am glad that some people find it useful! :-) -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ There's not a second to spare! To the laboratory! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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