On 5/14/07, Dave Miner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter Tribble wrote:
Questions for the install community really:
- do we have this sort of verbose and user-friendly descriptions available
for packages?
- would this go into the pkginfo file (I think this would be rather
difficult)?
-
Peter Tribble wrote:
On 5/11/07, MC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That said, it is important to provide detailed package information. I don't know if a
system is in place to provide a details section like you see in Synaptic (
http://people.ubuntulinux.org/~mako/docteam/images/synaptic-start.png
MC wrote:
the SUNW is part of the package name, it's also
what the pkg commands expect[s]
But does that matter for a graphical app like this?
I haven't used it yet, but almost every package
having SUNW on the front in the GUI doesn't help me
at all, I'm pretty sure.
MC wrote:
So if we are displaying package names, display them as is.
I actually agree with you. The unaltered package name should be one column. This type of tool is not one for inexperienced users to use, and the real package name combined with text search is exactly what is needed
So if we are displaying package names, display them as is.
I actually agree with you. The unaltered package name should be one column.
This type of tool is not one for inexperienced users to use, and the real
package name combined with text search is exactly what is needed there.
That
It's not specific to the packaging system. Users
with the
Software Installation profile can run pkgadd/pkgrm
via pfexec,
no root access needed.
Are there Java equivalents to enough of the
priv_*(3c) and *(3secdb)
functions for a Java based GUI to be able to
determine whether a
It's not specific to the packaging system. Users
with the
Software Installation profile can run pkgadd/pkgrm
via pfexec,
no root access needed.
Are there Java equivalents to enough of the
priv_*(3c) and *(3secdb)
functions for a Java based GUI to be able to
determine whether a
On 5/11/07, MC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That said, it is important to provide detailed package information. I don't know if a
system is in place to provide a details section like you see in Synaptic (
http://people.ubuntulinux.org/~mako/docteam/images/synaptic-start.png ), but there should
