Re: [Synaptic-devel] Ui Proposal

[Michael Vogt]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 10:38:31PM +0200, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> 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? 

Definitely! Actually I started working on this some weeks ago, but
then I decieded to complete the "remove-with-dependencies" support
first. I guess I'll have to look at how aptitude really works, there
are some problems like, "in what state is a pkg when it is installed
with a different frontend?". 

bye,
 Michael