Description of problem: "Add/Remove Software" lets you check groups you want installed, but I have seen no option to further tweak the group. This way, the Default Packages and Optional Packages features of package groups are not exposed to the user. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-packagekit-2.32.0-2.fc14.i686 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run gpk-application aka "Add/Remove Software" 2. Select "package-collections" 3. Select e.g. "Development Tools" 4. Search of a UI element that lets you choose individual packages from this group. Actual results: I don't see any way to list packages of the group and select individually. Expected results: I expect a one-click way to view all packages in a group with the possibility to select/deselect default/optional packages.
Fedora has packages divided into package groups. The workflow is quite easy with yum, as you can: 1) list groups with 'yum grouplist -v" 2) install groups with 'yum groupinstall G' or 'yum install @G' 3) list packages with 'yum groupinfo G' 4) install individual packages with 'yum install P' 5) combine package and group installation You cannot do the same with gpk-application as gpk-application doesn't provide you access to individual packages in groups. That means it fails to provide user interface for (3). This is, in better words' the same as I stated in my original bugreport. gpk-application instead uses some weird 'favorite package collections' which don't have the correct structure and don't work as expected. They don't help you even a little bit with the above tasks. The solution would be to provide a UI similar to the one used during installation but enriched with a possibility to edit package selections.
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