[rkward-devel] New package management

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

Hi,

On Sunday 25 September 2011, Stefan Rödiger wrote:
> congrats to the new package management. Generally I like the new dialog but
> I'm not entirely sure about the somewhat "hidden" feature to remove a
> package. Wouldn't it be better to have a single tab just for package
> removal?

to those who have already tried it: The actual removal was not implemented 
until a few minutes ago, so if you found the feature in the UI, but could not 
get it to work, try again after an svn up.

I am somewhat biased against a new tab, because this means more code than it 
may look like, and I believe package removal is not a feature that will be 
used very often. Also, I feel encouraged by the fact that after all, obviously 
you found the feature, before I even wrote anything about it. I have added 
some tool tips to the header of the list, which I hope will give some more 
hints about less obvious parts. If you have ideas for more refinements within 
the current approach, I'm all ears. But of course, if everybody agrees that 
package removal should be in a separate tab, let me know, too.

On a more general note, everybody, please test the new package management 
dialog. A lot of code has changed, here, and I wouldn't be surprised, if there 
is still a bunch of bugs to find.

Regards
Thomas
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