> > How about suggesting some improvements, rather than "I don't like the > > Debian install"? > >
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I find deselect as the only problem with debian. The update section > really needs work. Actually, I'd say the `Access' and `Select' screens need work, especially Select. > Now I remember, it asks for a directory at the site you selected and if > you haven't been there before How about an `official ftp site' access method? Connects to ftp.debian.org, downloads list of mirrors, gets the user to pick nearest one. No need to ask for directories. Now Select... I'm not aware of any other program in Linux that'd need to show the help screen first up. Let's see if I can think of them: * When a bar is moved on up and down by arrow keys, the user expects a menu; the Enter key should do something to the entry on which the bar is (either install or toggle install/remove). * The correct sequence for 'find again' is an empty search string (ie Slash-Enter). * There's no way to collapse the listing - so I have to page through the Up-to-date packages to get to the Available packages. (Parts of the listing could perhaps be collapsed into lines that say "42 packages" etc - pressing Enter on one expands it out again.) * The d and u keys are unusual; not sure how to fix that easily. * The description of the O, o, I and i keys is rather terse; also, it may be easier to pick from a menu than to cycle twice through just to see the options. * The formulation "Obsolete/local" is unclear. * Once a package is installed, there seems to be no way to see the recursive dependency screen again (eg to find a suggested package). That'll do for today Jiri -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
