> You could add theavailable package names from the default repos to a text file which could be pulled down with apt-get update.
Thats the point: universe and multiverse are NOT the default for a reason. E.g. some packages in multiverse are illegal in some countries. It's not even completely clear if you can tell someone a package name without being counted as helping in breaking law in some (not all WIPO- members are equal, might be that you have broken the law more times than you think). (Beside, that if we ignore this it fails big-time as soon as Versions are involved in dependencies as different repositories provide different versions and which one should be suggested for enabling then? The first, at random, all?) The user has enabled a PPA - so its the job of the PPA to tell the user that he has to enable more repositories to be able to use the PPA. End of the story - and absolutely no guesswork needed. Its otherwise like handing out bonuscard, but telling nobody how they can be used. You have to guess where you can use the card and the cashier will tell you after the buy if your guess was correct… Your wallet, even if it stores multiple of these bonus cards is not the right tool to help you in finding out which cashier will accept the card… -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/817617 Title: Repositories not auto enabling. Should be an option To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/817617/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
