Well, I think it is a real issue, but I'm mostly wondering if there has already been thought put into how things like this could be handled. My mock up is certainly lacking. It does assume that the user understands what a dependency means. It also doesn't take into account what packages actually need to be installed. The user may in fact already have all of the dependencies installed or many more might be needed due to the entire chain of dependencies. As I mentioned above, calculating the actual dependencies every time a package is viewed seems like it might be an expensive operation. Though synaptic does seem to do this pretty quickly. Perhaps it could be done only on clicking the Additional Details arrow, allowing you to actually say something like "The following additional packages will need to be installed." Although I suppose there is also a question of whether the arrow itself is discoverable.
The main issue I have with something along the lines of what PackageKit is doing is that we are already popping up the PolicyKit authorization window. Popping up an additional window will mean that in most cases the user will have to go through two separate windows to install a package. Ideally I'd like to see is some way for the user to have some more detailed information about what they are about to do to their systems with out having to be an expert, yet still be un-intrusive. Maybe it's a lot to ask, but I set the imprtance to wishlist for a reason. ;-) -- No information about dependencies being pulled in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432879 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
