There are some technical objections: we cannot provide data like "the app 123 takes 90 mb of hard disk space", since we only know which package needs to be installed to get a working application. I don't know how we could take dependencies into account too. Especially if you decide to remove many programms you would get some scary synergetic effects.
I worked on a sort by status function, but we had to remove it, since we did some internal changes. Perhaps it could be reimplemented for edgy+1. Furthermore we have to draw a line in the sand: which features do we want to see in g-a-i and which ones in synatpic/smart? g-a-i wants to be a simple application installer and removal tool and no full blown package manager. There is no "repairing" function and there are no "so on" features. So there is no need to implement to them. Finally you get a list of installed applications in your application menu. There are only a few "non" applications that are installable by using g-a-i (flash, codecs...) May I ask you a question: Why do you want to remove an application that you don't even know the name of? I already thought about a "Remove" context menu item for the applications menu. This can be found e.g. in Novell's slab. -- Very difficult to review installed software https://launchpad.net/bugs/64694 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
