Dependency checking change...

["Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>]

...looks like a really nice idea!

I look forward to seeing the code.

One comment:

One thing that I miss is the ability to select a few packages that I know 
have dependencies, and then see all the results in the chooser.

For example, when doing a clean install, I will often select, say "libtool", 
"gcc", as a shortcut for getting lots of other packages selected - and I 
want to see them selected, so that I can read through the package names, and 
make sure I have everything I want selected. So, I think what is needed is a 
way to add the results of the dependency check to the selected packages, 
_without_ going on to the install phase.

I'm not sure what the best UI for this is, though. Perhaps, change:

Checkbox: [X] Install these packages to meet dependencies (RECOMMENDED)

to:

Button: Install these packages to meet dependencies
Checkbox: [  ] (default off) Force installation with broken dependencies 
(NOT RECOMMENDED)

And have "Next >" disabled until the user uses one or the other of the 
controls.
The advantage is this allows accepting the changes, and then going back to 
the chooser to review.


Max.