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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=327338

           Summary: Yast 2 interface: unintuitive alert window on removal
           Product: openSUSE 10.3
           Version: RC 1
          Platform: 32bit
        OS/Version: SuSE Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: YaST2
        AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: sefk26@xxxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: jsrain@xxxxxxxxxx
          Found By: ---


Note: it's my first bug report, so sorry if I made mistakes.

In opensuse 10.3, installing software becomes very swift and easy(I find it to
be as fast as smart sometimes). However uninstalling packages is still a mess.

For example, I want to remove package kdenetwork3-news because I don't use this
tool and I don't want it to waste my disk space.
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2704/snapshot1zy6.jpg
I got this window:
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7060/snapshot2wd6.jpg

First problem: not newbie friendly
If I choose: delete kde_internet, I will lost konversation and other packages
too, which is not my will. From an experienced user point of view, it's obvious
that the good choice here is to ignore the requirement because the experienced
user will know that package kdenetwork3-news is not required to run other apps.
However, form a newbie point of view, this alert window would be nothing but
confusing. 

Second problem: time consuming
Deleting kdenetwork3-news is not a big problem because it doesn't have a lot of
dependencies. However, if I want to remove for example the entire kde desktop,
it could become very long to check every option in the alert window.

Proposal: offering a default proposal with 3 options: accept, modify, and
cancel.

There is also the problem of removing a package=removing whole pattern, but I
think it should on another report.


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