William Hooper wrote:
System-config-packages doesn't work reliably after you have install any updates. Use your favorite depsolver (apt, yum up2date) instead.
The fact that William stated above has been noted several times on the list.
Question: Why has it remained true? Is an update to correct the problem underway?
The unreliability of system-config-packages is a clear user friendliness deficiency. Further, continuing presence of "Add/remove Applications" in the Gnome popup menu (Red Hat -> System Settings -> Add/remove) to initiate system-config-packages is deceptive, misleading new users and prompting continuing streams of questions on fedora-list.
The only rational justification for including the "Add/remove Applications" item in a menu anywhere on a Fedora Core system is for testing the reliability of the utility. If patches/upgrades to system-config-packages are not to be expected within a release, I don't believe the utility should be included in another Fedora Core release until it can reliably install/remove packages both before and after system updates.
