Re: Anti-feature: installing and replacing applications on update

2015-01-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 04:29:12PM +, Bernie wrote: > I think there is a development issue here. I ran: > > $ aptitude why nautilus > i accountsservice Suggests gnome-control-center > i A gnome-control-center Depends gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.7.91) > i A gnome-settings-daemon Depen

Re: Anti-feature: installing and replacing applications on update

2015-01-26 Thread Bernie
or tech support. Please use ubuntu-u...@list.ubuntu.com > -- > From: Bernie > Sent: ‎1/‎26/‎2015 9:26 AM > To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Anti-feature: installing and replacing applications on update > > I just did an upgrade of

Re: Anti-feature: installing and replacing applications on update

2015-01-26 Thread Robie Basak
Did you read my message? What you want is what Ubuntu already does. If it didn't work with you, it's a bug or misconfiguration. signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://list

Re: Anti-feature: installing and replacing applications on update

2015-01-26 Thread Stephen P. Villano
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 1/26/15 10:35 AM, Robie Basak wrote: > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 01:40:54PM +, Bernie wrote: >> Upgrades simply should NOT do this, they should only upgrade programs which >> are already installed. > >> [...] > >> Policy changes as to which a

RE: Anti-feature: installing and replacing applications on update

2015-01-26 Thread Saqman2060
This mailing list is used to discuss development of Ubuntu. This is not for tech support. Please use ubuntu-u...@list.ubuntu.com -Original Message- From: "Bernie" Sent: ‎1/‎26/‎2015 9:26 AM To: "ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com" Subject: Anti-feature: inst

Re: Anti-feature: installing and replacing applications on update

2015-01-26 Thread Robie Basak
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 01:40:54PM +, Bernie wrote: > Upgrades simply should NOT do this, they should only upgrade programs which > are already installed. > [...] > Policy changes as to which applications are installed should only happen in > new releases. Indeed this is the policy. See [1]

Anti-feature: installing and replacing applications on update

2015-01-26 Thread Bernie
I just did an upgrade of Kubuntu 14.10, first in a few weeks. When I downloaded a .zip in Firefox it asked me to open it in "Archive Mounter" instead of "Ark" then nothing happened. I opened the downloads folder from Firefox and it opened in Nautilus instead of Dolphin. So, the upgrade process a)