Op zaterdag 23-02-2008 om 10:40 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Jo-Erlend Schinstad:
> We now have four ways of adding a repository; add it as a line in > /etc/apt/sources.list, as a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d, using > Software Sources in the System > Administration menu, or in Synaptic. > This only serves to confuse users. It is redundant and should be > avoided. > > There are also negative consequences of having it in the menus. By > eliminating the need to open Synaptic, we're also eliminating the need > to get to know Synaptic. That's a shame, because it's a really good > package management application. Synaptic has the features of Tasksel > built into it, for instance, and many people don't know that because > they don't know Synaptic. Because people don't know it very well, they > recommend that people open a terminal and run sudo tasksel for tasks > and sudo apt-get install for packages. This in turn leads to guides > that recommend copy-paste of sudo commands. This may lead to security > issues for less advanced users who just want to install some software. > They're being conditioned to use sudo carelessly, and to copy commands > they don't understand and run them as root. This is a disease which we > should fight with all possible means. > > Removing the Software Sources menu item, thereby forcing users to open > Synaptic instead, is only a beginning. All wiki pages and help > documents should also refer to Synaptic as the primary way of > installing tasks and packages, and Add/Remove for desktop > applications. Synaptic also lacks the possibility to enter a number of > packages at the same time and install them, like you can do with > apt-get and aptitude. I've filed a bug on that on launchpad: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/194666 > > > Best regards, > > Jo-Erlend Schinstad > I agree with you. I should also like a standard button for Synaptic next to the help button, so that when you hoover over it with the mouse it gives a hint about it's purpose.
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