2012/1/13 Daniel Hartwig <mand...@gmail.com>: >> I think that this bug report has already been addressed properly, just >> not closed. Thus doing it now. > > As per the current title, this bug had been re-purposed to track > support for downloading packages in the visual interface -- a feature > which is, AFAIK, still not available. > > I think it should be reopened.
Hmmm, well, the original concern has been addressed and the download-only in ncurses mode is achieved if one doesn't confirm installation after downloading, as the first reply suggests. Why would you want to download stuff in visual mode in some other way, then exit without doing anything with the package? You can use the "download" in command line for that, or apt-get, or probably can be achieved in a few other ways. And there's nothing to do in aptitude with a local package, if not install it or keep it uninstalled -- you cannot unpack it and see the contents or anything else, and the package's basic info it's already present without needing the package downloaded. The bug hasn't seen action from aptitude's developers for almost 10 years now (so implementing that was never really deemed necessary or important at all), the retitle was made by somebody else 8 years ago, and nobody after that supports that by adding a "I want that too" or suggesting better ways to implement it; so I guess that it's not a very popular demand. So in cases like this, I as a developer would prefer to have the bugs closed and if needed resubmitted with current/relevant information, than having to go through all questions already implemented long ago before realising that what's missing is something barely related to the original request, and that it's not clear how to implement. So that's my reasoning and why I closed. But if you have fresh ideas about how to implement the suggestions or you want to keep it open for any other reason, please do :-) Regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
