Gdebi : unable to resize details window

[Coeur Noir]

Hi,

Ubuntu 24.04

For years now, it's very uncomfortable to (try to ) use gdebi because the « details » window can't be resized.

Attached is a funny example where there are 480 packages to remove and 9 to install, but the « details box » can only show 2 lines at once out of the list…

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: gdebi 0.9.5.7+nmu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-11.11-generic 6.8.0-rc4
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Mar 29 02:43:00 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-03-28 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Daily amd64 (20240323)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: gdebi
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

Since actual replacement for snap-store is unable to deal with local .deb package,
a ( comfortable and reliable ) graphical utility for such a task is much needed.

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

See also :

Same kind of readability issues in « Users and Groups ( provided by gnome-system-tools )
see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/1978245

which looks using the same kind of graphical toolkit.

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

Maybe this might help ( from duplicate 1581425 ) http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~chamfay/gdebi/trunk/view/head:/data/gdebi.ui comment #3

[Coeur Noir (coeur-noir)]

Changing gdebi.ui in /usr/share/gdebi
as suggested above does the trick in 22.04.

May anyone check in 24.04 ?