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[Charl Wentzel <charl.wentzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Guys

I did not want to put this in CLI thread as it is more appropriate in a
separate thread...

GUI design:
The system functionality proposed in the CLI thread could be easily
catered for in a gui design.  You could have three windows in your main
screen:

a. Requirements window
This is where you select from the options for each requirement

b. Category tree
A tree view with branches for sub categories

c. Category items
A list of options available for the current selected category in the
category tree

If you change an option in the requirements window it automatically
updates the available category items

As you move through the category tree it will update the category items
window with the relavant choices with a tick next to those that you have
selected (or the default choices).  You could even choose that it shows
you all the options available for the category or just the ones you've
selected to install.  Much like Synaptic, except that Synaptic has much
fewer categories, no sub-categories and no requirements.

So we're really adding a whole bunch of filters to make it easier to
find what your are looking for.

I like this approach because you work in only one window and can see
everything in once glance but also dig deaper (into the tree) if you
want to.

What do you think?

Charl