What does the star represent?

[Basil Chupin]

Keith Roberts wrote:
> I noticed this to. I use SuSE 9.2 on my laptop and main 
> machine.
> 
> I updated SPM to the latest version 0.42 on my main machine, 
> and noticed the stars had disappeared too.
> 
> On my laptpop the stars where still showing in SPM.
> 
> After updating the laptop to 0.42 the stars disappeared 
> from there as well.
> 
> If they were an indicator to some sort of new packages 
> available, it would be nice to have them back. Or possibly 
> one type of icon for a new package that SPM has found that 
> is not currently installed on your system. And another type 
> of icon to indicate newly available patches or updates to 
> currently installed software.
> 
> Keith
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> On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Basil Chupin wrote:
> 
>> To: smart at labix.org
>> From: Basil Chupin <blchupin at tpg.com.au>
>> Subject: Re: What does the star represent?
>>
>> Keith Roberts wrote:
>>> Hi Basil. I think it means it's a new package that smart has found
>>> that is not currently installed on your system, or is a new update to
>>> a package already installed on your system.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Keith
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>>> On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>
>>>> To: smart at lists.labix.org
>>>> From: Basil Chupin <blchupin at tpg.com.au>
>>>> Subject: What does the star represent?
>>>>
>>>> What does the gold star, inside the square against a package,
>>>> represent? Right-clicking on the box does not show this
>>>> particular combination.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers.
>>
>> Thanks for the response, Keith. I somehow feel that these 
>> are not what the star represents because I thought the 
>> same at the time but couldn't see the connection.
>>
>> The strange part is, I just went to check this possible 
>> association again and now find that all the packages which 
>> had the gold star against them have had the star removed! 
>> :-) . Not a star in sight. Weird.
>>
>> Cheers.


I have been using 0.42 now for some weeks, and the stars where there 
when I wrote my first message about them (above) so you switching to 
0.42 isn't the reason why they suddenly vanished :-). As I mention above 
they vanished between my first post and the second; during the period in 
between there were some upgrades done so something in them made the 
stars disappear.

Cheers.


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