Setup - Hiding ZZZRemovedPackages?

[Max Bowsher]

Brian Dessent wrote:
> Harold L Hunt II wrote:
>
>> Would it be possible to hide the ZZZRemovedPackages category when in
>> Category view, without changing the dependency logic regarding this
>> category?
>
> Yes, in fact I've been meaning to bring this up.  In terms of the end
> user, there should be no reason at all for them to see those packages,
> and I think it would be a good idea in general to remove them from sight
> entirely.
>
> The only worry I have is that if someone still has an ancient version of
> a package installed, they would no longer see it even though it's
> installed.  Of course, if they just ran setup and accepted all the
> defaults they would get the new version of the package, without having
> to see them to select them.  But I do wonder about those users (and I
> know they're out there) that insist on running 3 year old versions of
> some packages.
>
> I was thinking about making it a checkbox at the bottom of the dialog,
> that said "Hide obsolete packages" and defaults to checked.  If the user
> unchecks it they would get the same display they get now.

We could do this as a stopgap measure, but the proper thing to do would be 
to get real "Obsoletes:" functionality working.

Max.