On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 19:53 +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 15.01.2009, 10:29 -0800 schrieb Rick Spencer:
> > A proposal has been put forward to change the name of the > > "Add/Remove..." menu item. ... > Add/Remove was initially designed to refer to the menu It seems it no longer does that. I think it should return to that purpose and remain "Add/Remove..." Here's an example of it not doing what it should, it shows that I have p7zip installed, yet there is no icon to start the p7zip application. Packages should be divided between "GUI applications", "cmdline applications", "features" and others that only show in synaptic/aptitude/etc. * The "Add/Remove..." button should remain. * There should /also/ be a software library that shows the applications from "Add/Remove..." but also shows cmdline apps and features * There should be buttons to switch between the two UIs (ie, "Add/Remove..." should have a button to go to the software library and vice versa. * Any applications that support plugins should provide a link to the Software Library to browse their plugins. * Any installed "feature" should cause relevant plugins to be installed for all relevant installed applications. If a new plugin is added to the repos it should be installed as an update of the feature, and if a new application is installed, the relevant plugins for all installed features should be installed. This would need dpkg to support "reverse dependencies" of the form "RDepends: gstreamer & mp3" to indicate that if you have any applications that depend on gstreamer and you have the mp3 feature installed, you should get the package with that RDepends (which would be a gstreamer mp3 plugin in this case). * The Ubuntu distro upgrade GUI should be exposed from the Software Library. * Google should offer a link for any search terms that match "Add/Remove..." and "Software Library" items that will cause firefox to install the appropriate application/feature directly from the configured Ubuntu repositories rather than them going on a wild goose chase downloading stuff via links from who-knows-whom. Perhaps firefox should tell google what repositories are configured somehow. This is how I'd like my computer and my parent's computer to behave (which I have to help them with when it is difficult). -- Tristan Wibberley Any opinion expressed is mine (or else I'm playing devils advocate for the sake of a good argument). My employer had nothing to do with this communication. -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
