Re: [Synaptic-devel] Ui Proposal

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Am Son, den 12.10.2003 schrieb Michael Vogt um 14:27:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 10:55:14AM +0200, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> The problem is, that undo is a operation that works on the whole
> package list, not only on a given package and that we only supported a
> limited set of undo operations (currently ~20). So undo might be lead
> to unexpected results i.e. that it does nothing to the selected pkg at
> all but to a complettly different package. Saving the undo information
> on a per-package basis is possible but it would require a huge design
> change and it leads to different problems. If you undo a change to
> install a pkg, this affects in the general case more than just this
> pkg (also this is the case with keep as well). 

I also read the first time about the autoinstall feature in aptitude on
debianplanet.org. A possible long term goal? 

> Why is the "keep" button confusing (this is a honest question, I use
> synaptic for too long now, to see such things).

A honest answer: It is pressed. I think that a button should only be
pressed if it was chosen so by the user. The status quo should not be an
activated state.

But I don't have got a better a solution either.