On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 04:46:21PM +0100, Andreas Cadhalpun wrote: > On 15.01.2014 04:33, Lars Cebulla wrote: > >On a new installed Debian Jessie, I can't see the quick search input field in > >synaptic. > > > >After searching on the internet, I've found a solution: > > > >apt-get install apt-xapian-index > >update-apt-xapian-index > > > >http://debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=144140 > > > >This should be done by default ! > > I agree that this should be the default, since the normal search is > not really an alternative. But I fear that this will not happen, > because it was explicitly reduced to a Suggests from a Recommends > due to performance problems on low end hardware, see [1]. [..]
Its really a bit tricky to get this right it seems :) I guess what we could do is to add a button to install the quick search package if its missing. Something like "Install quick filter support" in the preferences window or even in the toolbar? Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org