James J Catchpole wrote:
> I am not sure if anyone has commented on the
> Add/Remove Software function but I find it
> almost impossible to use. Following are a couple
> of comments:
>
> 1) It appears that you can only Add or Remove
> one package at a time.
>
I have filed this one. Still on discussion about what the user interface
should look like. Note that the PackageKit allows you to queue
transactions. So you can install multiple packages without the UI blocking.
I am unable to figure out how to queue up updates. that
should be the default in any case.
From an End User Perspective there should be a section
on the panel that prints out the status of updates as they occur.
More or less as Yum Displays the output as each package is installed.
There should be a section on the panel that lists the queue of
packages being removed, updated or installed.
> 2) The Filter function is almost useless
>
A better explanation is needed here.
Well, its not granular enough; I should be
able to choose what I want to see at the
package level, not the category, perhaps
with radial buttons.
I also should be able to pick multiple categories
rather than one at a time; again perhaps
with radial buttons. Radial Button Examples
for Categories might be:
o List this Category
o Do not list this category
o Installed Packages
o Available Packages
o All Packages
And then at the Package Level the same three
radial buttons that would override the category
choice. Also there should be additional radial
buttons indicating whether or not a given
package should be:
o Ignore Package [Default]
o Update Package
o Install Package
o Remove Package
> 3) After every Install | Remove the entire list
> must be refreshedRe: fedora-test-list Digest, Vol 50, Issue 128
>
Within the group. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to see a confirmation
that the package has just been installed successfully. The refresh is
sometimes not visually appealing especially when listing a large number
of packages within a group which is reported already.
I see no reason why this is necessary. The combination
of the YUM Return Codes and a section of the panel
that lists events should be enough. Also, there could
be additional Status Buttons along side each Package
in the list of queued packages indicating what happens
as the packages are processed. The same would be true
for prerequisite packages that should be listed in the
queue of packages to be processed as they are processed.
> 4) Depending on 'whatever' it often displays
> Packages multiple times
>
Already filed by me.
Rahul