"A later version is available in a software channel" doesn't help me use the channel

[Elliott Hughes]

i, and the people i've mentioned it to, was very impressed by this dialog:

  A later version is available in a software channel

  You are strongly advised to install the version from the software
  channel, since it is usually better supported.

but i wish that instead of just a "Close" button the dialog had "Install from Package" and "Install from Channel" buttons. from the power-user side of your audience, i'm fine with bringing up a terminal and running apt-get. but the novice side might struggle there.

this was on Debian testing/unstable, so if on Ubuntu gdebi-gtk's already integrated with Ubuntu's usual update mechanism, i apologize (and wonder how i can make Debian use it too).

also, it would be helpful if the dialog (and its "An older version" friend) would give the version numbers in question, so i can make a more informed decision.

finally, shouldn't the VERSION_SAME message start with an article like the other two; that is "The same version..." instead of "Same version..."? here's a patch for that last trivial part:

--- /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/GDebi/GDebi.py.orig 2006-05-11 17:19:56.000000000 -0700
+++ /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/GDebi/GDebi.py 2006-05-12 17:20:49.000000000 -0700
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
             # (when possible)
             if res == DebPackage.VERSION_SAME:
                 if self._cache.downloadable(pkg,useCandidate=True):
- title = _("Same version is available in a software channel")
+ title = _("The same version is available in a software channel")
                     msg = _("You are recommended to install the software "
                             "from the channel instead.")
             elif res == DebPackage.VERSION_IS_NEWER:

gdebi-gtk really is looking good. the more i play with it, the more excited i am.

[Will (war59312)]

Indeed this information prompt is not that helpful. Yes, that would be sweet if you could simply click a "download it now" button directly from this window instead of having to manually hunt it down.. Awesome idea!!

[Vish (vish)]

Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. However, a paper cut should be a small usability issue, in the default Ubuntu install, that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. So this bug can't be addressed as part of this project.

- Though this would be a good feature to add , this arises only when user is trying to install from packages downloaded separately from the web, rather than while installing from the repos. Not a papercut.
For further information about papercuts criteria, please read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut.

Don't worry though, this bug has been marked as "Invalid" only in the papercuts project.

[Curtis Hall (curt-bluecherry)]

Luca,

Can you provide information on how this was Triaged? I do not see any updates on the issue, so I think it should be marked as Confirmed. I've confirmed this still exists in Lucid, and it's simple enough to fix if you know what you are doing, but a big red box saying 'Click here to install the supported version from the Ubuntu partner repository' should be very useful for users who don't know the way around this.

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~gdebi-developers/gdebi/trunk/revision/380