[Mageia-discuss] GUI tools

Sun Sep 19 21:12:21 CEST 2010

Op zondag 19 september 2010 20:49:14 schreef Lawrence A Fossi:
+> I want to be clear I wasn't suggesting replacing urpmi..more of a concern
+> that one or more of the dev's onboard can maintain/improve on it over
+> time. :) and was offing a possible alternative if not. Once Mageia is
+> rolling along I'd like to see some enhancements for the gui in the mcc
+> like Smart offers.. downgrading, locking packages, the ability to see the
+> other packages(even if older) not just the current and possible upgrade. I
+> know you can hunt down the urpmi skip list and edit it manually or
+> downgrade through the cli but neither is beginner friendly.. Also the
+> information in easy to read tabs you can see the full dependencies, what
+> if replaces what it needs.. Again that info is retrievable from the
+> cli...gui not so much. ----- Original Message -----
+> From: "Maarten Vanraes" <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com>
+> To: mageia-discuss at mageia.org
+> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 1:29:01 PM
+> Subject: Re: [Mageia-discuss] GUI tools
+> 
+> Op zondag 19 september 2010 18:30:07 schreef André Salaün:
+> > Le Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:14:43 +0200
+> > 
+> > Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> a écrit:
+> > > Op zondag 19 september 2010 17:57:54 schreef Jan Ciger:
+> > > > Hello,
+> > > > 
+> > > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Tux99 <tux99-mga at uridium.org> wrote:
+> > > > > Lawrence, I can't speak for the devs but my understanding is that
+> > > > > Mageia will keep everything that makes Mandriva unique and great,
+> > > > > which IMHO means more than anything else urpmi and the draktools.
+> > > > > 
+> > > > > If Mageia starts to change these things then it will quickly
+> > > > > alienate many users. Continuity is crucial to take over the
+> > > > > Mandriva userbase.
+> > > > 
+> > > > That is one thing, but more importantly - what is wrong with urpmi? I
+> > > > think that out of rpm-based package managers it is one of the best.
+> > > > 
+> > > > Regards,
+> > > > 
+> > > > Jan
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+> > > 
+> > > it is the best package manager. however everything can improve and i am
+> > > having some small improvement ideas, but those are for a later time.
+> > 
+> > Like downgrading packages as smart can do it ?
+> 
+> urpmi can do that too
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+it's an idea; but don't forget, tv is also on the list of people with us...
+