[Aptitude-devel] Bug#323371: please display a message before starting install

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

Control: tags -1 - experimental + pending


Hi Marchin,

2005-08-16 11:07 Marcin Owsiany:
>Package: aptitude
>Version: 0.3.1-4
>Severity: minor
>
>To reproduce:
>
>1) start aptitude on a not so fast computer
>2) select any package
>3) press g
>4) press g again to start download
>5) press enter to start installation
>6) the screen switches to all black and installation messages appear
>7) package is now installed, press enter to continue
>8) repeat steps 2-5
>9) now, for a while, the "press enter to continue" message from step 7
>is still shown, as dpkg scrambles to run. depending on the machine, this
>can take from a fraction of second, to a dozen or so seconds.
>
>This can be misleading to a newbie, who could think that the pause is
>because he needs to press enter (he does not realize that the message is
>from previous run). Actually I have seen a few users pressing enter
>there.
>
>To fix this, either clear the screen, or print a few empty lines and
>then a message of "starting installation..." or similar.

Thanks for the suggestion.  This has finally been implemented and it
will be present in the next release, so marking as +pending.


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>