Bug#331528: ITP: debinstaller -- a graphical frontend for installing local .deb packages
> I have to disagree. dpkg can print very complex messages, which most
> users certainly will not understand, even if they can read =P
And what is your point here exactly? Debinstaller is not good enough, because it dont spit user friendly messages?
Oh wait, so is dpkg! Since debinstaller is just a simple FRONTEND i dont see any problems with it.
> What if the user has sudo configured and wants to use it? Then using
> gksu instead of gksudo would be bad, and the hard thing here is
> determining which one to use, don't underestimate the issue ;)
Its not -that- hard to make debinstaller check for sudo, so its still not an issue.
> Hasn't the possibility of writing patches for the "real package
> managers" to implement this feature, instead of packaging a sub-optimal
> solution for ${whatever reason you might have, read it here} occurred
> you? I don't really think doing something the "Wrong Way (tm)" just
> because noone has taken the "Right Way (tm)" is not too good.
Im not trying to be offensive, but that sounds really pathetic.
You suggest people to abandone their work and go write patches for popular package menagers.
Sure, it might be the "right way", but somewhy i dont see you run to write that patches yourself.
The reality is that we have debinstaller which is a nice way to install a single package without that mad typing,
and it produces exactly the same results as you would expect from dpkg. Moreover, I found it to be very time saving and
helpfull, but i understand if Debian is too "elite" to save its users time.
And as a reply for Christoph's comment
> Lol. If the user had a clue, he wouldn't need debinstaller.
Lol. Maybe the user is lazy and likes to point and click?
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