status of up2date and rhn-applet

[Joachim Frieben]

>
> Why would you want to not download updates from all repositories you
> have configured?  Or at least see what's available.  The fact that the
> updates come from multiple repositories is a detail that I don't think
> users really want to / should need to care about.
>

Because it gives more control to the user as most other issues pointed
out by me. He might use "updates-testing" but only from time to time
and at least want to know that package "xyz" comes from channel "A" and
not from channel "B". The same applies to 3rd party repositories.
With "pup", you feel like driving a car without safety belt.

>
> Some of the sizings and spacing still need work with pup, definitely.
> That's the sort of modifications that are easy to make once the code is
> working and thus it hasn't been high on my todo list.  File bugs and
> we'll definitely see about getting to them as soon as we can.
>

Great, but that's even more than I requested. However, "up2date-gnome"
does an excellent job at all this right now.

>
> Yeah, the sizing needs to be tweaked some. Trivial fixes to the glade
> file :)
>

Ditto.

It seems that you basically agree on most of my complaints. Anyway,
I really still do not understand why you do not want to continue to
use a proven, excellent application that has been around for years
already. Red Hat developers put some brain into its development too.
right now, I do not know about any substantial argument to drop
"up2date-gnome" - that's all. Guess, it's simply a marketing issue
of making a sharper distinction between RHEL and FC.