Bug 72849

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3; Linux) 
 
Description of problem: 
The new Packages tool is brilliant.  
 
I think a search / filter option would be useful to add to 
redhat-config-packages. Imagine a search / filter along the lines of the 
following: 
 
Search in [ category ^] for ____________________ 
( ) installed packages ( ) available packages ( ) both 
 
Categories would include name, name and description, vendor, and other useful 
fields from spec files. The result is a cut down list of packages, not sorted 
into their comps groups but rather just a flat list. 
 
 
Eg, you'd like to install tex and you're not sure of the packages name:  
  
Search in name for tex 
( ) installed packages (*) available packages ( ) both 
 
If you were running low on hard disk space and wanted to remove some of your 
non critical apps: 
 
Search in desciption for game 
(*) installed packages ( ) available packages ( ) both 
 
If you wanted to know quickly what packages from a particular vendor were 
installed: 
 
Search in vendor for oracle 
(*) installed packages ( ) available packages ( ) both 
 
I think this would be extremely useful for both new and experienced users 
alike. I realize Red Hat staff are extremely busy right now chasing real bugs, 
but I think it would benefit users to mark the bug as DEFERRED if this feature 
is worth implementing.  
 
Thanks, 
 
Mike 
 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 
 
 
How reproducible: 
Always 
 
Steps to Reproduce: 
This is not a bug, just a suggestion.	 
 
Additional info: