Thoughts about software-properties

[Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi]

Sorry for the tiny images. Here they are:
* update-manager "Repositories" tab: http://imgur.com/zXZyH.png
* update-manager "Automatic updates" tab: http://imgur.com/d59C4.png
* software-center "Provided by Ubuntu" pane: http://imgur.com/c3EZr.png
* software-center PPA/authenticated source pane: http://imgur.com/kqugQ.png

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt at canonical.com>wrote:

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> Hi Mohammed
>
> Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi wrote on 03/08/10 10:51:
> >...
> > Software-properties is one of the few applications that still relies on
> > gksu. I was about to convert it to aptdaemon/policykit,
>
> Excellent!
>
> >                                                         when I thought
> > of this: "Why don't we just separate software-properties into both
> > update-manager and software-center?"
>
> Software Sources is something I've been meaning to redesign eventually,
> but I was putting it off because it wasn't as important as Ubuntu
> Software Center or Update Manager.
>
> Splitting it into two is an intriguing idea. It looks like the main
> awkward point would be the download server setting -- that's the thing
> that's most obviously shared between installations and updates.
>
> > So I began to create the following mockups:
> >  * update-manager: clicking on the "Settings..." button should open up
> > a dialog that contains two tabs: "Repositories"
> > (http://yfrog.com/jvupdatemanagerrepositorip) and "Automatic Updates"
> > (http://yfrog.com/jbupdatemanagerautomaticup). Note that I mostly
> > borrowed the design from
> > here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdateHandling#settings
> >  * software-center: Clicking on the "Provided by Ubuntu" pane should
> > show (beside what's in place now) five checkboxes representing main,
> > universe, restricted, multiverse, and commercial software
> > (http://yfrog.com/c9softwarecenterprovidedbp). And clicking on an
> > authorized repository (such as a PPA) will show that the source is
> > authorized (http://yfrog.com/jbsoftwarecenterauthentifp).
> >...
>
> Unfortunately, all except the last of those wireframes is tiny, so I
> can't read them. Could you upload larger versions?
>
> Thanks
> - --
> Matthew Paul Thomas
> http://mpt.net.nz/
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