On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 15:24 +0100, Clayton wrote: > >> 1. It doesn't show me what version I already have installed (as Synaptic > >> and Aptitude do). To me this is somewhat of a "deal breaker"... this > >> really needs to be included in Smart-gui to make it useful/usable. > > > > I don't understand. Could you please provide a screenshot or a more > > detailed "how to reproduce"? Which "view" are you using in smart-gui? > > I'm thinking in terms of how Synaptic (or Aptitude) presents the > information about installed applications. > > If I filter the view so I just see upgradable packages, I'm shown two > columns... Package and Version. What does this tell me? The version > available or the version installed? It doesn't say (although from my > own experience it looks like it's showing the available version). > Also... assuming it's showing the available version, I can't easily see > what version I already have installed (in fact, I can't see any obvious > way at all to find out what version is already installed for those > packages that are flagged as upgradable). > > Look at how Synaptic presents the same info... Package, Installed > Version, Available version. It's this installed vs repository version > comparison I'm missing. I would hazard a guess that a lot of other > people will be missing that same info....
This is my only complaint using smart. How hard can it be to add another column showing the installed version so a comparison can be made? -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
