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setup libsolv UI: Silently install dependencies?


Currently the libsolv version of setup silently installs added dependencies. The user gets a chance to review them first only if libsolv finds problems and has to display the prerequisite page.

I'm not sure if this was a deliberate design decision, though I personally like it. On the other hand, I suspect that some users won't like it because they're used to seeing a report about missing dependencies. So I think we should make this behavior optional.

The attached patch is a start in that direction. But it needs a followup patch to implement the mechanism for selecting the option. One possibility is a checkbox on the chooser page, which then gets saved in setup.rc as a user option. Are there other suggestions?

Ken

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