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On Sun, 2002-09-15 at 14:54, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Hi, > > There are two issues with the current version of setup: > > 1) Summary: When the installed package is two versions behind the > currently available one, clicking through the values in the "New" column > in both Full and Partial views loses some values on the second and > subsequent passes through. > > Details: I have bash-2.05b-3 installed. The current version available is > 2.05b-5, and the previous is 2.05b-4. In both Full and Partial views, > clicking on the New column cycles through the following values: > 2.05b-5 (with the Bin? checkbox selected) default - update installed packages. > Source (with both Bin? and Src? set to "n/a") most common non-default action - grab the source > Reinstall should be rare these days, but unlike some package managers we make it easy :}. > 2.05b-4 (with both Bin? and Src? unselected) none of the above? maybe you wantto downgrade? > Uninstall or remove it ? > Keep ok, we'll do nothing. > 2.05b-4 hmm. This is wrong. I'll see if I can track it down. I don't recall it doing this to me, and I've been round the loop many times. Hmm. > I'm not sure if this is a bug, but I thought > I'd report it. It is. At a guess it's because your current version isn't in the setup.ini. At a *guess*. > 2) Summary: No way to install source of the previous package version > without uninstalling the current binary version. This is be design. If you want the source to a different version, either install that version first, or install a source-only version. The interface needs a major overhaul to make multi-version actions intuitive, and until then (which no one is planning just now AFAIK) it would be to confusing IMO. > Those were the major issues, but while we're on feature requests, it would > be nice to have "Keep" follow the latest version in the "New" column > clickthrough, so to keep from installing the newest version one would only > need one click (one could get to "Source" by just selecting the "Src?" > checkbox, so this won't slow down people who just want to install the > source). This issue is not too important, but is mildly anoying. I could > probably provide a patch for this one, and if the maintainers don't get to > it at some point, I just might (and given my unfamiliarity with the code, > the patch might be horrible -- you may take this as a threat ;-)) No threat needed. horrible patches get filed in the octagonal bin :]. Last I heard, we don't *want* people staying on old versions indefinately. It's certainly up to the user, but it's not encouraged. In fact the bug reporting page encourages users to upgrade IIRC. > On the whole, though, thanks for all the great work, and sorry for the > rant. Thanks, and no probs. Rob
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