appsaudit bug: update breaks apps which have new dep files

[jur]

If I do update dep files, then do update apps, whenever dep files were changed, the app in question no longer works.

Example: vlc has new jack libs dependency, therefore not on my pc. Update dep files, update vlc, now vlc is broken, missing that (and other) dep.

* Suggestion: Introduce feedback to the user notifying them of missing deps when loading the app in question, suggesting/asking if dep can be downloaded, or download automatically.

* Suggestion: Introduce additional menu item/button in appbrowser to download missing deps.

Current situation seems to require either deletion of app and re-downloading it with appbrowser and therefore all its apps, or manually downloading deps.

[roberts]

SOP is to select "Find Missing Dependencies" Very useful after selecting "Update .dep files" and "Build Reporting Database". AppsAudit is an auditing tool. AppBrowser is the downloading and loading tool.

[jur]

I followed all those steps before this post. As far as I could see, there is no option to download those missing dependencies after finding them. I tried to see what would happen by clicking on them in AppsAudit, but I did not see any option.

So I think this is quite a serious issue: Any function which breaks apps after updating, requiring manual intervention, will leave users especially non-power users with reduced functionality.

IMHO the ideal situation is one where all things just work afterwards, no questions asked. I still cannot recommend tc to my colleague as his working environment due to this issue. He cannot afford to spend time fixing stuff which previously worked fine after performing updates.

[roberts]

I have now added this feature to tce-audit and the GUI AppsAudit. Look for it starting with v3.8rc3.