On Mi, 26 mar 14, 22:55:07, Tomasz Nitecki wrote: > > While the idea is interesting, I do see a few issues: > > 1. Isn't this feature too close to what vrms already does [1]? True, it > doesn't (AFAIK) check the source of the package, but it not only shows > which packages are non free but also explains what makes a package non-free. vrms is not hooked into APT.
> 2. At the moment, how-can-i-help fetches only information related to
> packages containing specific types of bugs. To implement this new
> feature (and don't disclose the list of installed packages) we would
> have to download complete list of non-free packages or check all
> installed packages on the user side. Neither is supported by
> how-can-i-help and I do feel that it is slightly outside of our scope.
I was thinking of something much simpler, like just displaying a list of
installed packages from non-free and/or contrib with a heading like
"These packages are from non-free and/or contrib and should be replaced
by free alternatives".
The list should be easy to obtain from the system. For aptitude it's
aptitude search ~S~i~snon-free
> 3. Even if we implemented it as stated in (2.), we would show this new
> information only once, unless used called with '--old' switch. Non-free
> status doesn't change that often, and updating/installing would usually
> show no new information here.
Maybe it would be appropriate to nag the user each time? :p
> However, we could probably [2] add a tag/note/etc. to non-free
> opportunities, indicating their status. This might be useful for
> Orphaned or RFA packages. What do you think?
Not exactly sure what you mean here.
Thanks for reading,
Andrei
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