Please remove Software Sources from the menus, it's destructive.

[Karel Prikkebeen]

Op zaterdag 23-02-2008 om 10:40 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Jo-Erlend
Schinstad:

> We now have four ways of adding a repository; add it as a line in
> /etc/apt/sources.list, as a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d, using
> Software Sources in the System > Administration menu, or in Synaptic.
> This only serves to confuse users. It is redundant and should be
> avoided.
> 
> There are also negative consequences of having it in the menus. By
> eliminating the need to open Synaptic, we're also eliminating the need
> to get to know Synaptic. That's a shame, because it's a really good
> package management application. Synaptic has the features of Tasksel
> built into it, for instance, and many people don't know that because
> they don't know Synaptic. Because people don't know it very well, they
> recommend that people open a terminal and run sudo tasksel for tasks
> and sudo apt-get install for packages. This in turn leads to guides
> that recommend copy-paste of sudo commands. This may lead to security
> issues for less advanced users who just want to install some software.
> They're being conditioned to use sudo carelessly, and to copy commands
> they don't understand and run them as root. This is a disease which we
> should fight with all possible means.
> 
> Removing the Software Sources menu item, thereby forcing users to open
> Synaptic instead, is only a beginning. All wiki pages and help
> documents should also refer to Synaptic as the primary way of
> installing tasks and packages, and Add/Remove for desktop
> applications. Synaptic also lacks the possibility to enter a number of
> packages at the same time and install them, like you can do with
> apt-get and aptitude. I've filed a bug on that on launchpad:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/194666
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jo-Erlend Schinstad
> 


I agree with you. I should also like a standard button for Synaptic next
to the help button, so that when you hoover over it with the mouse it
gives a hint about it's purpose.
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