Public bug reported:
I guess I am not allowed to mark this as a "wish-list" item, but that is
what this is.
>From one release to the next, some packages are dropped completely, some
are simply renamed, and some are dropped, but replaced with a different
package. I would like to request a more explicit way to notify the user
of these changes.
For example, in Edgy (or Dapper), there was a package called gXMMS -- a
simple applet that allowed xmms control from a Gnome panel. During the
next version upgrade, that package simply disappeared. I had to search
all over the web until I found that in this updated release, I had to
install Playground (+ xmms plugin) for the same functionality. It would
have been much nicer if during the upgrade I received a message such as:
"gXMMS is obsolete and is going to be uninstalled. However, there is a
different application called Playground that can do the same thing.
Would you like to install Playground?"
During the upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy, I had to resort to Google
(again) to figure out where GAIM went, what is Pidgin, and why is Pidgin
messing with my GAIM files. Again, a simple heads up of "GAIM is now
known as Pidgin; all of your files and configurations will be kept
intact during this transition." would have saved me time and stress.
I'm sure there are other examples, but I hope these illustrate my point
well enough.
Thanks in advance =)
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Request for explicit warnings/messages on package transitions b/n releases
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162788
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