Description of problem: There is no sorted listing of all packages without going through different groups unlike Pirut which has this functionality in the third tab. Additional info: I use this to figure out which packages to remove after I have tried out several just as an example of where this could be useful.
So, you basically want a "Show all packages" button? Where would this logically go in the UI?
Yep. Well in Pirut it shows up in a additional tab. Somewhat similar to the UI of pk-application before 1.10.
What about in the group selector as "All"?
That would work as well.
I've added the GetPackages method into the backends.
Created attachment 302202 [details] screenshot This is what git looks like. This is a 0.2.x feature (because of the new API), and so won't go into F9 for a little while. You can test it if you use my git RPMs tho.
I think this serves my purpose pretty well. Firefox like search as you type would be a very good enhancement.
We can't do search as you type, as that would be a bazillion available packages to add, cache and then search as you type. What about search-as-you-type for previous queries?
Search is probably the most common operation that is going to happen with the app and shouldn't be relegated to just a search box. If we can cache more upfront, that might help. Search as you type for previous queries would be a improvement too.
I'll close this as the original bug has been fixed. Bringing up search-as-you type on the mailing list is probably the best plan.