Feature #15386
Confusing UX due to Additional Software configuration GUI not refreshing packages list
Start date:
2018-03-06
Due date:
% Done:
100%
Description
Steps to reproduce:
- Start “Additional Software” from the apps menu
- The list is empty so I follow the instructions, click on the Synaptic “link” in the window to add packages.
- In Synaptic I install a package
- I get asked whether I want that package to be installed automatically when I start Tails, and I say yay!
- I close Synaptic and I’m thus back in the “Additional Software” window which is back on top. But the list in there is still empty: my newly added package is not listed and I wonder if the operation has failed.
- I verify that the package was correctly added to
live-additional-software.conf
.
I think step 5 is confusing: after completing the operation (adding a package to my ASP as instructed) I would expect the window that told me to do so to give me up-to-date info. I suspect the same problem exists even if the list is not empty to start with.
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History
#1 Updated by alant 2018-03-25 23:31:08
- Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
- % Done changed from 0 to 50
#2 Updated by alant 2018-04-05 17:51:48
- Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
- % Done changed from 50 to 100