Bug#365446: synaptic: "Add downloaded packages" needs to be more intuitive or documented

2006-05-02 Thread Michael Vogt
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 02:21:36PM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Michael Vogt a écrit : [..] > >What do you think about the following two tooltips to the buttons: > >+"Generate a shell script so that you can download > > the selected packages on a different computer" > >+"Add packages downloade

Bug#365446: synaptic: "Add downloaded packages" needs to be more intuitive or documented

2006-05-01 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Michael Vogt a écrit : Yes, it is the "opposite" of the "generate download script" menu item. Stuff that was downloaded with such a script can be added with that menu item (in fact anything that is availalbe in the current authenticated Packages list can be added this way if it passes the md5sum

Bug#365446: synaptic: "Add downloaded packages" needs to be more intuitive or documented

2006-05-01 Thread Michael Vogt
On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 01:53:35AM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Package: synaptic > Version: 0.57.9 > Severity: normal Thanks for your bugreport. > "Add downloaded packages" seems to be designed to install upgrade > packages downloaded from a different machine. Yes, it is the "opposite" of

Bug#365446: synaptic: "Add downloaded packages" needs to be more intuitive or documented

2006-04-29 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Package: synaptic Version: 0.57.9 Severity: normal "Add downloaded packages" seems to be designed to install upgrade packages downloaded from a different machine. IMHO the function of this item is not clear. As it's not documented, I would expect users to assume that "Add downloaded packages" co