Hi, Am Sonntag, 27. Mai 2007 06:17 schrieb John Pye: > Is there any way under Debian (and hopefully also Ubuntu) that I can > trigger gtk-debi or something like that when the user requests to use > the part of my program that depends on stuff they haven't installed yet? > What would be the best way of doing that from python, if such a thing > exists?
Frankly, the very first thing that comes to my mind about such a software: "Stupid program, shut up and don't get in my way". If this feature is useful, use Recommends, period. You should also consider that a user may not have sysadmin rights and must go ask someone for this additional installation. If you are that person, how much would you like being pestered several times a day about such things? Additionally, what if I don't have a network connection at that moment? Then this turns from "how nice, it asks me about additional stuff" to "great, I installed the package with all recommeded packages and still can't do what I want to do". Regards Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]