Hi,
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Richard Turner <rjt(a)zygous.co.uk>
wrote:
Searching for vim in Software immediately found what I was after
though. If Software included libraries etc. it would be just as
unhelpful as dnf for cases like this.
To this point, I think maybe something like DevAssistant would be the
sort of tool for finding and installing particular libraries. 'App
shopping' is definitely different than seeking out a particular library
so it probably doesn't make sense to cater to both in the same app.
I don't know what the answer is for actual applications that are
non-GUI that the target audience for workstation uses, though. I do
think it would be cool (as I think Ryan has suggested on this list
previously) to have .desktop files for command line apps so you can
launch them from the shell and so that they'd have a more useful
description / icon / etc in the windows overview so you can distinguish
your vim vs your mutt session in a grid of rectangular black boxes
otherwise labeled 'gnome terminal' (I use guake to avoid this scenario
now bc it drove me batty) If they did have desktop files then you'd
have the currently missing follow up / visual completion of
installation and it might then make more sense to include them in
software.
If workstation wasn't aimed at developers this wouldn't be a concern.
All of the above IMHO.
~m