* russell aspinwall <7willows at dsl.pipex.com> [2010-01-20 13:50]: > Hi, > > After installing Ubuntu 9.10 desktop on another desktop, I used the Ubuntu > Software Update tool to add a number of applications. However, one or two of > these applications failed to run and did not report errors in the logs or > when run from the command line; as a result I uninstalled them. > > When someone uninstalling an application using the OpenSolaris Package > Manager. would it be worth while to get the user to indicate why they were > uninstalling this version. ie > > The user could be provided with a list > > 1. Incorrect software choice > 2. Software Bug > 3. Upgrading to newer version > 4. Downgrading to older version > 5. Software no longer required > 6. Security problem > 7. Switching to external/own build
Interesting idea. I filed http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=13998 to track it. Thanks Stephen -- sch at sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/sch/
