Implement a useful "Details" feature

[Rafael Belmonte]

As of KPackageKit 0.4.2, the "details" button encountered while updating or installing packages only exposes a useless back-and-forth progress bar.

In other package manager, the dpkg output is.. er... outputed in a console. Ideally this would be unhidden when the details button is pressed.

[Michael Marley (mamarley)]

I can confirm this. The lack of a "Details" console is a pretty serious regression (IMHO), at least to people like me who like to watch the output as packages are installed.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

With the latest version in Karmic, all three buttons are enabled when appropriate. Cancel is only disabled while KPackagekit is doing un-cancelable changes such as dpkg runs. (Committing changes at the end of updates/package installs)

The main thing here seems to be that there isn't a details feature, and the details feature in the latest KPackageKit is still quite lacking. I will change the bug to reflect this.

[Kılıç Köken (kilickoken)]

Same thing in Kubuntu karmic rc.

[ChrischanM (christian-mllr)]

And in the official Kubuntu Karmic release

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Aha, using other backends, the details pane shows a per-package percentage download. It seems that the Apt backend doesn't support this yet.

[Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor)]

Download: The sub progress is a little bit problematic. Apt allows to download files from several locations at the same time, but PackageKit only supports ONE subprocess which can not be associated with a specific download. But the backend already emits all currently downloaded packages and their status (downloading, finished, failed).

Install: There will never be a away to see the dpkg output in PackageKit. There is a clear objection against this from the project leader.

In the end it would make sense to just hide the details button in Kubuntu.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Aptcc seems to implement this feature just fine. (Sub progress percentage)

[Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor)]

Is part of the 0.5.8 release

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Fixed in Kubuntu 10.10.