[Aptitude-devel] Bug#593248: Bug#593248: aptitude should show the version being viewed

[Ralf Jung]

Hi,

> Ralf Jung wrote:
>> attached you can find a screenshot of aptitude showing some version of
>> some package. I wish you good luck trying to figure out which version it
>> is actually showing. Hint: It's not "2.5.4", even saw it says so *twice*
>> in the title...
> 
> The dependencies shown are clearly those of apt-file from experimental
> as it depends on apt >= 1.1~.

You won the prize ;-)
But, seriously, I hope you agree that deducing the current version this
way is not all that great. I'm sure I can find packages where even you
will have a hard time figuring it out^^.

> But IIRC the two versions shown in the upper right corner are the
> installed and the to-be-installed version. Which IMHO is correct, but
> admittedly confusing.

I agree with the installed version. I'm not so sure about the
to-be-installed one, why should that be so tremendously important? I can
also see that when I scroll all the way down to the list of all
versions. But, anyway, there's enough place for that on most screens.

> Maybe those two versions in this view should be prefixed with
> "Installed:" and "Available:" and maybe complemented with a third
> version number prefixed with "Shown:".

Maybe the shown version should be displayed right after the package
name, "apt-file 3.0~exp". The two other version numbers should somehow
be explained, I agree - possibly with a short a text as possible. Maybe
"Cur" and "New" or so? Also, if they are the same, IMHO showing both is
totally not necessary.

Kind regards,
Ralf