Hi,

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Richard Turner <rjt@zygous.co.uk> wrote:

 Searching for vim in Software immediately found what I was after though. If Software included libraries etc. it would be just as unhelpful as dnf for cases like this.

To this point, I think maybe something like DevAssistant would be the sort of tool for finding and installing particular libraries. 'App shopping' is definitely different than seeking out a particular library so it probably doesn't make sense to cater to both in the same app. 

I don't know what the answer is for actual applications that are non-GUI that the target audience for workstation uses, though. I do think it would be cool (as I think Ryan has suggested on this list previously) to have .desktop files for command line apps so you can launch them from the shell and so that they'd have a more useful description / icon / etc in the windows overview so you can distinguish your vim vs your mutt session in a grid of rectangular black boxes otherwise labeled 'gnome terminal' (I use guake to avoid this scenario now bc it drove me batty) If they did have desktop files then you'd have the currently missing follow up / visual completion of installation and it might then make more sense to include them in software.

If workstation wasn't aimed at developers this wouldn't be a concern.

All of the above IMHO.

~m