setup graphical chooser : how to list orphaned packages ?

[Ken Brown]

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On 10/3/2017 3:00 PM, Jérôme Bouat wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I didn't find the "orphaned" category but the "obsolete" category when 
> unselecting "hide obsolete" checkbox. Does the "Orphaned" category 
> appears only when orphaned packages exist ?

Probably.

> Maybe it would be more intuitive to find "orphaned" into the "filters" : 
> a category still be the same category whatever the package is installed, 
> not installed, pending, obsolete or orphaned.

If a package is orphaned, then setup has no information about what 
category it was in when it was installed.

Ken

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