>A problem here is that the first time a user is presented with >'dselect' after an installation it can be a wee bit intimidating (it >intimidates me and I've been using Debian a long time), enough so that >I still use dpkg in preference to dselect... Anyone out there know >anything about good interface design? ( I unfortunately don't ) > >No slights on Ian, dpkg, or dselect here, but I still think dselect >needs a bit of interface work... > > >-- >Richard W Kaszeta Graduate Student/Sysadmin >[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of MN, ME Dept >http://www.me.umn.edu/0h/home/kaszeta/www.html >-- >Tabasco. Don't leave ~ without it. >
Rich, as you know, I also have felt the same way also. However, with release 0.93R6, and newer versions of dpkg/dselect, I have gotten more comfortable with dselect. Remember my desire for an automatic update program to automatically upgrade a system from an NFS mounted archive? Essentially, deselect satisfies that desire with just enough interactive data passing back and forth. Once I figured out that I only needed to use the "+" and "_" keys (note not "-" key), and that dselect will "remember" the current installation status from the last execution of dselect, then I became comfortable. I do agree, however, that the interface needs work, but I also don't have any recommendations at this point. Perhaps a "debian conference" or "net brainstorm" from users would bring out some ideas. -- /------------------------------------------------------------------\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX: (423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the | | leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net | \------------------------------------------------------------------/
