[Mageia-discuss] GUI tools

[Maarten Vanraes]

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...