* Francesco Poli <[email protected]> [260721 15:47]:
On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:06:40 +0200 Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
wrote:
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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.
Maybe apt-listbugs could emit the URL with the modern escape
sequences, so that it shows the bug number, but when clicked in a
graphical terminal, the browser opens.
Similar to what f.e. `systemctl status /` does for this part:
Docs: man:fstab(5)
man:systemd-fstab-generator(8)
(Where you can hover "man:fstab(5)" and on click it would take you
to the fstab man page, provided your terminal supports this and you
have an URL-handler for the man: protocol.)
Best,
Chris
