[Slapt-get-devel] version info before downloading

Jason Woodward woodwardj at jaos.org
Tue Jun 6 20:35:07 EDT 2006


Dan (and John),

> > when upgrading a package, it says...
> >
> > The following packages will be upgraded:
> > cinelerra
> >
> > can it include version information there before/while downloading?
> >
> > ie:
> > The following packages will be upgraded:
> > cinelerra-1.1.4 --> cinelerra-2.0.0
> >
> > This would be useful in case we are not getting the upgrade we want and we
> > can stop the download.
>
> To add to Dan's request, if you do decide to implement this feature,
> it would nice to optionally show build info, to use Dan's example:
> 
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> cinelerra-1.1.4-i686-jbt --> cinelerra-2.0.0-i686-jbt
> 
> Showing the build info will be helpful for slackware users, as well as
> users of its derivatives, so that they can get a better idea of the
> build source and arch.

That is a great idea.  I was thinking of including a "Show Details" expand list in the package
summary dialog that would show this information (as does --simulate).


thanks for contributing the ideas!
jason

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Jason Woodward
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