Bug 251664 - The version string occupies too much space
Summary: The version string occupies too much space
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: pirut
Version: 7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-08-10 10:41 UTC by Stepan Kasal
Modified: 2008-05-28 19:10 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-05-28 19:10:36 UTC
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Description Stepan Kasal 2007-08-10 10:41:52 UTC
Observe:
- start pirut with a local LANG
- select tab "Browse"
- select a group
- click on the button "Optional packages"

Then each line includes the full version string (1.2.3-1.fc10.x86_64), in bold
print.
I believe that it occupies too much space and makes the list less readable.
I suggest to print it with a regular font shape (not bold), or even with a
smaller size of print.
It might be moved to the end of the long line, parenthesized.
Or it might even be moved to a separate window which would display aditional
ifnormation for the rpm; see the proposal in bug 251663.

The same problem appears during the installation of Fedora, but since I suppose
the installer uses the same Python code, I file the bug only once.  Please clone
if necessary.

Comment 1 Stepan Kasal 2007-08-13 12:04:27 UTC
[I apologize for the wrong summary; fixed now.]

Actually, the same problem appears on all three tabs (Browse, Search, and List).
I suggest to add the version string to the "Package Details"; perhaps the first
line before the "Description" could contain a status info: version string and size.

Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 13:56:12 UTC
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Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2008-05-28 19:10:36 UTC
This isn't going to get changed at this point as pirut is pretty much entirely
EOL'd and only getting critical fixes for older releases.  In Fedora 9 and
later, any such concerns can be filed against PackageKit/gnome-packagekit.


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