Re: [Bug 115835] Re: no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic

2007-05-21 Thread Dwight shepherd
Ok. i agree On 5/21/07, Sebastian Heinlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > most packages used by synaptic do not have any graphical interface. so > gnome-app-install would be a better target. > > from time to time we think that just including an url that points to a > web site would be the best sol

[Bug 115835] Re: no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic

2007-05-21 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
most packages used by synaptic do not have any graphical interface. so gnome-app-install would be a better target. from time to time we think that just including an url that points to a web site would be the best solution. but we haven't had yet the time and resources to work on this. ideally ther

Re: [Bug 115835] Re: no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic

2007-05-21 Thread Dwight shepherd
Couldn't it just pull a thumbnail over the net.. so you wouldnt have to ship the actual pictures. Example.. the same way a link to the homepage is display a thumbnail can be done so too. And if we are worrying about bandwidth i suggest we just rurn it off by default as to not to annoy persons with

[Bug 115835] Re: no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic

2007-05-21 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
The data would just be too much to ship it with synaptic. -- no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115835 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@l

[Bug 115835] Re: no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic

2007-05-21 Thread John Vivirito
It is too big of an effort to implement thsi. The maintainer looked into this this morning and stated what i just stated. Im sorry but it will not happen atleast at this point in time. ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- no thumbnail preview of apps in syna

[Bug 115835] Re: no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic

2007-05-21 Thread John Vivirito
I agree this could be a nice featurebut only if it was able to be toggled on and off and set off as default as it can make synaptic extreamly slow IMO. -- no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115835 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 115835] Re: no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic

2007-05-20 Thread John Vivirito
marked as wishlist ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115835 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 115835] Re: no thumbnail preview of apps in synaptic

2007-05-20 Thread John Vivirito
Rejecting upstream as there was no bug assgined to it upstream. provided task for ubuntu ** Changed in: synaptic (upstream) Assignee: John Vivirito => (unassigned) ** Also affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed ** Changed in: synaptic (upstream)