Re: [Ayatana] Some ideas for the Software Center

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > On 13/12/10 11:52, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > > Like apt-get, USC installs recommended items by default, > we could recommend the Python bindings and development libraries. > I suspect a lot of this will require some server-side smarts but > it's a f

Re: [Ayatana] Some ideas for the Software Center

I agree, we don't need pre-emptive downloading of packages without an explicit user request for installation. On 13/12/10 11:52, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > Like apt-get, USC installs recommended items by default, though you can > uncheck them in the "Add-ons" section if you want to. No doubt i

Re: [Ayatana] Some ideas for the Software Center

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Lancey wrote on 11/12/10 21:24: > > Firstly, sorry if this the wrong mailing list. The right place is . > I've been thinking about the Software Center, and I came up with three > id

Re: [Ayatana] Some ideas for the Software Center

Wow, those were pretty neat ideas! Software Centre shouldn't be rude to people without an internet connection at the moment =) But the thing about caching should be an opt-in thing, IMHO. *Peterson* *http://petercast.net* On 11 December 2010 19:24, Alexander Lancey wrote: > Firstly, sorry i

[Ayatana] Some ideas for the Software Center

Firstly, sorry if this the wrong mailing list. I've been thinking about the Software Center, and I came up with three ideas I'd like to see. Two are related to offline functionality - queueing and caching. I recently tried to select a package for installation, while I was offline. Instead of it s