Re: Auto install code
On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Behan Webster wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> >
> > > Personally, I would have it such that the user never sees the libc6
> > > package in the selection list except as a dependency of something else.
> >
> > I can arrange for auto packages to be hidden unless a list menu option is
> > selected if you like?
>
> Sorry. I wasn't clear. I meant that I would hope that people had their
> keywords set such that (most) dependent packages (like libraries) weren't
> in the selection list. If the user has the keyword "library" on for the
> selection list, then libc6 should be shown. But personally, I would never
> do that. Is that clearer?
Speaking of keywords, I still haven't been able to get an OK on this
proposal, it looks like we will not have this information avail by the
time we release.. What should we do?
> I understand now. That makes sense. But tell me, if these other packages
> were downgraded, would libc6 be uninstalled? Perhaps we should have a
> mechanism for people to see why a package was installed, or upgraded? I
> suspect that this won't be too difficult, as this info should already be
> available for the auto-remove mechanism.
Yes, that is the 'auto' mechanism we talked about. As for seeing how/why,
how should that be presented to the user?
Thanks,
Jason
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