Bug 248528 - Details button on System Settings::Add/Remove Software progress box has no details
Summary: Details button on System Settings::Add/Remove Software progress box has no de...
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kpackagekit
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Steven M. Parrish
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Reported: 2010-08-20 17:05 UTC by dev_nll
Modified: 2010-08-20 19:03 UTC (History)
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Description dev_nll 2010-08-20 17:05:23 UTC
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.5) 
OS:                Linux

From a conversation with Marcel Martin, about a somewhat flippant suggestion for What's This text:

>> When you're downloading updates or new packages through the System
>> Settings::Add/Remove Software panel, it shows a progress box, which
>> includes the name of the file (or possibly the package - I can't recall)
>> that its currently downloading, and has a "Details" button.  If you
>> click the button, it displays a meaningless bouncing blue box, and no
>> additional information - its not even a progress bar, since it just goes
>> back and forth an arbitrary number of times til its done.  When I
>> clicked the question mark and then the Details button, to see what it
>> was supposed to be doing, I got a message to the effect that there was
>> no help for that button, and would I like to suggest some.  So, since
>> displaying a meaningless bouncing blue box appeared to be the only thing
>> that the button did, I suggested that for the help text.
>>
>> My real suggestion would be to remove the Details button entirely,
>> unless you're planning on having it actually, y'know, display some
>> details of some sort.

> On Thursday 12 August 2010 19:14:24 you wrote:
> >> Widget text: '&Details >>'
> >> current -->  (KPushButton)
> >>  (KPushButton)
> >>  (QDialogButtonBox)
> >> toplevel -->  (KpkTransaction)
> >>
> >> Please type in your what's this help between these lines:
> >> --%-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Display a meaningless bouncing blue box.
> >> --%-----------------------------------------------------------------------


Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Daniel Nicoletti 2010-08-20 19:03:29 UTC
That depends on the backend that you are using,
it's not related to KPackageKit, if you use Kubuntu
for example the aptcc backend does shows you a usefull progress bar.