https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451642
Nate Graham <n...@kde.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Summary|discover recommends running |Discover recommends running
|dkpg but not how |dkpg to fix errors without
| |explaining how, which is
| |confusing and jargonistic
| |for normal users
Keywords| |usability
Ever confirmed|0 |1
CC| |n...@kde.org
Status|REPORTED |CONFIRMED
--- Comment #1 from Nate Graham <n...@kde.org> ---
The message comes from the PackageKit library, which is passing it on straight
from the underlying package management system--apt, in this case. Apt gives you
that message in a context where it makes sense; you're already in a terminal
window, so asking you to run commands is something you'll be accustomed to do.
Ideally the user would never see this at all, but sadly apt is deficient in a
number of ways and it will happen. The only way to prevent it would be to use a
better package management system, (or more precisely, a better distro).
If it has to happen, it would be good if Discover can handle the error
condition and offer to fix it automatically, using plan human language rather
than technical jargon. Hopefully that's possible based on what we get from
PackageKit.
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