On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:09:50AM -0400, John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > a) > > At startup, when the "Loading cache" box is shown in the center > of the display, the status line at the bottom of the screen is > spammed with messages which go by too fast too read. If you can't > read them, what's the point? It's just annoying.
I'm glad you have a fast computer. If the messages bother you, I suggest you close your eyes for a few seconds. > The sarge version did not do this. The sarge version was buggy in many ways, including that progress displays tended not to appear. This is very annoying if you're using a computer that takes more than a few seconds to load the cache (and yes, there are computers like this out there and in use). I might consider not printing messages unless they've been up for a half-second or so, but that seems likely to annoy people whose computers take 0.51 seconds to get through each phase. > b) > > When searching for a package, using "n" to see the next one, > and there are no more on the current screen, the next one is > shown on a new screen, but at the BOTTOM. > > This too, is annoying. Sarge showed it at the TOP of the next > screen, where it belongs. > > Please revert to the Sarge behaviour. This is probably a side effect of bug-fixes in the behavior of searches and lists. I've added a hack that sticks the highlight at the top of the screen after a search, since I guess it's a bit better there (you can see the newly selected item under the search dialog). Anyway, all this is academic for etch, since base is now frozen or nearly-frozen. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
