[gobolinux-users] Package Manager

[gobolinux at tjconnell.co.uk]

>
> It does add them to the queue and force them. It's a queue, though,
> and the ordering is pretty arbitrary. For minor updates, it's fine -
> iff compatibility is maintained right through and the order genuinely
> doesn't matter, or the updates don't have any relation to each other.
> It could certainly be clearer all-round, yes. It does exactly what it
> says, but people do tend to expect that it means more than that.
> Looking just like Synaptic doesn't help matters either.

Sorry to have to pick you up on this, but IT DOES NOT ADD THEM TO THE QUEUE, the
only entries on the queue are two InstallPackages, the first to download the
package chosen and the second to install it WITH the -no-dependencies tag

I get the feeling sometimes that you developers/maintainers never use these
tools and have no idea how they work!

Manager sits on the desktop!! It shouts out 'Use me' to any newcomer! For an
application to have this importance it should be in daily use by those that put
it there!

>
> Post-014 I will look into adding that functionality myself by calling
> out to Freshen, if somebody more familiar with the existing code
> doesn't get in there first (I'd have to brush up on my Python and PyQT
> too). We are in feature freeze until release, so it won't be until
> after then.
>
> Something along the lines of a "not to be used for major system
> updates" message on entry would be good in the interim; that's not
> really a feature, so it could go in for the 014 release (yes? Lucas?
> Somebody?). It would save a lot of troubles, especially when new
> people turn up after it comes out. We can't have people's systems keep
> getting broken like this.

I thoroughly agree on this one! Gobolinux for me is on my system to play with
NOT to work with! I like the concept, but I need to use other distributions or
Windows for important stuff!

Tom