> > So, with current tools, a newbie may not find the software needed, only
> > because it is already installed. It happens. Isn't that sad ?
>
> I think the vast majority of those cases are not happening
> because those applications are so large they don't get unnoticed
> by the user (e.g. whe mozilla/xmms/etc is installed, it's
> difficult to miss it in the menus).
>
> > It would be better that rpmdrake also show already-installed software,
> > maybe greyed out or with a mention "this software is already installed
> > on your machine".
>
> No, it's a long time decision.
This "no" sounds do definitive to me... I agree with the separation between
the installation/remove software: it may help to avoid mistakes. But newbies
are not always aware of all the solutions offered by the already installed
software.
I would like for myself a building of both lists, installed/installable, make
the search by default on both of them, with greyed results for the already
installed. Eventually, an option could allow to switch the search on only one
list, or both (in order to be quicker, only the installable list may be build
first, the second one being build on request).
A personnal reason is that I use those tools also when I don't know which
tools to use, as it gives an easy access to the description of the
software...
> Though, this can lead to an interesting idea: when doing a search
> and nothing is found, I might add a special dialog when some
> already installed software match, right.
In my case, I would like to have an access to both list simultaneously, even
if only on request...
--
Didier
