MIssing information when you have to decide between packages during updating
Bug #913199 reported by
Jeff Johnson
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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RPM |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Mandriva |
Unknown
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
Adding more info to support package alternatives
tags: | added: mageia urpmi |
Changed in mandriva: | |
importance: | Unknown → Wishlist |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in mandriva: | |
status: | Confirmed → Unknown |
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Description of problem:
Quite often during updates (GUI and urpmi) you are asked to select one of several versions of a package. Example as of today: cal%[edatacalma jor}-3. 3.1.1-1mga2. x86_64
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1) lib64edata-
2) lib64edata- cal14-3. 3.1.1-2. mga2.x86_ 64
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The GUI provides a button "Information" but there is nothing available. Of course you can open rpmdrake to see a description of the package but most times the descriptions of the packages in question are identical (see description of the example packages).
Question:
How could a user make a decision like that when he does not get anything to build this decision on?
What is needed is
- either a more detailed description which shows the difference or
- one button which leads to a description of the difference or
- something in the description like "If you are unsure use (1)"
This problem has been biting me for quite some time because it was present in Mandriva and is present in Mageia 1 as well.
Hopefully I used the correct component (the bug does not match any of the given components)