Nice dpkg status output: - try to detect reads attempts of the child (via select() on _child_control?) - implement cancel as a last resort Misc: - preferences: HIG instant apply only(fast enough for e.g. pkglist changes?) - human readable repositories (ubuntu bug #1347) - proxy username/password does not work with synaptic preferences (add apt PROXY_USER PROXY_PASSWORD style variables into a special expoert dialog in preferences) - > I've a question: I want to install a package and it suggestes some >other ones. I'd like to be able to display info for the suggested >packages in as simple way as possible. The best would'be if I could >filter out all but the one pacakge being installed (the best would be a >context-menu entry "Display Suggested/Recommanded/Required") and those >it does suggest, so I could browse through the list, learn what is every >suggested package good for and decide whether or not to install >it. - Scroll-bug (Eric Freyens, 25.10.2004) - check download size against statvfs - add "pause download" feature (possible with the fetchers?) - integrate apt-get.org/fedoratracker.org into synaptic (savannah bug #10544), a "server list" similar to amule (or gnutella, etc). - Mail von Vidar Haar (9.Aug.2004): neues summary layout/ check for diskspace before downloading/executing - make log-file [done] with optinal dpkg-output logging HIG-2 (thanks to Sebastian for his analysis): - "Force Version" should be a radiobutton not a combobox - "View-menu"? > View > |-> Toolbar > |-> Dock properties window > |-> Reload (sucky?) - "find" -> "search" (and Ctrl->S shortcut, current Ctrl-s->Shift-Ctrl-S) - update task dialog ( http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/images/controls-list-checkbox.png) - "Custom fonts": use radio-buttons, not checkboxes > o Use theme font > x use this font [font sel] User-Mode: ---------- - split into user and root mode. User mode does all the changes and for the final installation runs (with gksu or libgksu): # synaptic --set-selection --non-interactive --hide-main-window --dont-write-any-config ( --dont-write-any-config needs to be implemented) -> MOST infrastructure is there. Problems: * set-version is not in selection file * all settings are in in $USER/.synaptic (use --preserve-env?) * proxy settings and stuff needs to be preserved/passed "run-as-root synaptic" root is needed for: - update: could be solved by making the /var/lib/apt/lists/ dir group writeable for a desktop-group - edit sources.list - Need far better state saving: - save selected distribution when doing a "save selection" - when using "force version" save this as well - when "open cache" is called, make sure that the correct distribution is selected for save/restore Misc: ----- - network proxy detection if gnome/kde is installed/run (can be solved with user-mode?!?) - re-enable "default remove action" in the preferences window - > > (synaptic:24143): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1827 > > (gtk_widget_hide): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed auf RPM - search in name+provides in search-dialog - In the change log view, link "bug" references to the actual bug report Usability issues: - Rework repository and vendor dialog - Disable "Undo" and "Redo" if there is no action to perform - Think about implementing a summary of changes in the upgrade dialog - Use HIGified common dialogs (alignments and message text!) - Use a tree view for sections containing a separator "/" (e.g. SuSE, RedHat) - Merge the message about failed downloads and the "ignore failed downloads" dialog - Do not show "0 broken" and other "0" messages in the status bar - Use a warning or error icon in the status bar to get the users attention (e.g. in the case of broken packages) - Always show the progress bar in the main window and move it to left side (this is the default position in GNOME) - Make the status message more contextual: * show available upgrades after refresh * if there are broken packages, this is the only relevant message - Replace the "Running..." label in the "Apply changes" dialog with a progress bar and use a busy cursor (?) Translation issues: - Use plural gettext in the status message Unsorted: - possibility to resume failed installation of half installed packages Execute should be available if there are outstanding packages (difficult!) - Please add hyperlink support in package info for example BTS entry - Please allow users to delete default filters and add an option to restore in prefs (or make them not deletable at all) - "crash handler" that automatically save the selections on a synaptic segfault (and present a dialog to reread them on the next start) - copy desktop file to the KDE menu - $KDEPREFIX/applnk/Settingsmenu "kde-config --prefix" - ask on debian-deity if it is possible to get a "DeletePin" function. this way, we can do default release pining without rereading the cache (see policy.cc:pkgPolicy::pkgPolicy()) Configure: - allways give the correct path in the synaptic.desktop file (currently hardcoded) GUI: - Icons should be themable: gtkiconfactory - allow clicking in the depedency list so that the click takes you to the package - add native debconf reconfigure frontend using the cmdpipe interface to debconf (cool!) - try to get synaptic into base-config - add something that lets the user see if a certain package is already in the cache - add reduced view? (always ignore this package) - add ignore option for unwanted packages (use RPackageView?!) - add context menu in the dependency list to install/remove/upgrade - changesWindow should also support installing recommends/suggested pkgs - add a sources.list wizard for debian (like base-config)? Filter: - add "immutable" filters that can be configured via /etc/synaptic/filters - dependencies of selected package - dependents of selected package General: - add something like aptitude Last-change support, so that you can track what pkgs where installed to fullfill some dependencies (and have the option to remove them again automatically) [might be enough to use "remove with dependencies" ?] - make deporhan a native synaptic filter (should be easy) - implement raptoptions save/restore for getFlags/setFlags [not needed?] Done: - current task support is broken, try to fix it - add TaskView view to show tasks [done with tasksel window] - if download failed, use a special dialog to show it [done I think] - Add comments for translators [mostly done] - Reword unclear messages [mostly done] - Pressing a key should jump to the first package with the same inital letter [fixed with gtk2.6] - Use new column editor in the preferences - Disable search button in the search dialog until an expresseion was entered - Separate sections from package list [can be archived with sorting for section] - "held back" is a bad term (ubuntu bug #1309) - think about how to simplify the "reload" step for new users (see mail from Philippe Cloutier, 16.Sep.2004) [package list outdated dialog takes care of this] - after changes in the repositories editor, ask for a update of the package list - download window scrollbar shouldn't always scroll, make two areas, one with active jobs and one with completted jobs? (see mail from Adam Lydick, 20.10.2004) - Shortcut for force-version (for Redhat people) - "Refresh" must be "reload" - readd "UseRecommends" to auto-install recommended packages (done) - sorting by versions - redesign the columns (drag 'n drop?) - "pin/hold" support (-) - "install-this-versioN" (-) - make a the used font in the treeview configurable - when searching and then switching view-mode, go to the last selected pkg (maybe do that every time the view is switched?) - think about using a package details dialog - add reinstall - Add konqueror and opera to the list of help browser - do not use ithe same sentence for singular and plural in summary - icons in status list - enable glade support in download and execute window - implement font size choser [half-done see FAQ] - add a button to undo all programmed changes (do we need this now that we have a "real" undo?) - hide seperator_hold on rpm based systems, too (?) - deactivate "do not modify" in the package menu if no modification was queued or no package is selected - split up the label_info (main window) into several labels - implement new glade version of dialog_summary - disable all package actions if "hold current version" is activated - "hold current version" in the package menu should represent the hold status (it is already an "Ankreuzfeld") - deactivate font selector in the prefs if user defined font is not activated - add context-menu on right-click (del/inst/upgr/show descr in own window, - context menus in the package list - GtkTextView for package name and short desc (textview_pkgcommon) - add a dialog that show what dependency is unmet if a pkg can not be installed (like ShowBroken() in apt-get.cc) - add a tab that shows all version of the package (like apt-cache showpkg) - enable different sorting methods for the tree (e.g. size) - implement proxy settings - implement a new (interactive) search function - config option what the default action of ("delete") button is - "removed but residual config" should win against "obsolete or locally installed" in by status view - add remove with deps menu entry - add "Provides" tab (done) - obsolete packages (installed, but no install version available) (named "not installable") - add missing functionality in rpackagefilter line 183 (Provides filter) - display all files of a installed packages (like dpkg -L or apt-file) [can't do this in a portable way] - add easy way to install suggested/recommended - convert all GtkCList to GtkTreeView (done) - make it possible to filter for maintainer - make a options to install recommended package automatically or semi-automatically with a dialog (done) - add something that adds cdrom uris to the sources - implement "undo" :) - configure whether we want text under icons or not (done) - problem if a pkglist is not available on startup (rpm only) - implement some kind of deborphan functionality (make it a filter) - filter for "residual configuration" (removed, but still configuration) - make a extra warning if packages are deleted (via Summary Window) - label with short description resizes the gui (ugly) - add filters to menu (done) - make easy way to filter for description - make more than one package selectable and allow "install", "keep" etc on this groups (done) - remove the update button in rgsrcwindow.cc (done) - add more key-shortcuts (done) - add repository dialog (done) - new packages in repository (done) - add cmdline argument for selecting a initial filter (done) - test for "swig" in configure.in (done) - get rid of all gtk_widget_set_usize() [mostly gone] - use colors to show different stuff about the package (e.g. blue if upgradeable, red if broken etc) [done] - some online-help/mini-tutorial (partly done) - handle "|" case in WDepends (partly) - implement "Hold package" (partly) - add man-page and localised man-page (done)