Can't copy and paste version numbers (issue was locked to comments)
Issue 1397 was closed to comments for no reason, so I have to reply by opening a new one. Please stop doing that. One thing is closing the issue, but locking to comments is just stupid.
I've already provided alternate ways to accomplish what you want to do
That's completely besides the point because it's something that I should be able to do through the UI. That I can do it with the CLI is irrelevant.
By that reasoning, why is there even a UI at all, given that everything that can be done via the UI can also be done via the CLI? That's simply ridiculous.
Just be reasonable for a moment: I've never seen software that shows software versions without allowing you to copy it. It's a very reasonable expectation. It's also completely trivial to accomplish. It's clearly just an oversight, I don't understand your obstinacy in keeping it that way.
Now replying to your other point:
and let you know where to bring the issue up.
No that was just a misunderstanding.
I said:
As a general rule, EVERYTHING that is text in a UI should ALWAYS be copyable.
and you replied
Well, that would have to be something implemented upstream in Gtk or Libadwaita in this case.
I thought you understood perfectly what I meant and just used the fact that I expressed myself poorly to dismiss my point, but I guess you genuinely didn't understand what I meant.
I didn't mean that that rule should be enforced as a hard rule. I would definitely consider the idea of it being the default and that would be an interesting discussion for upstream, but that's besides the point and it probably wouldn't be viable. In the end the choice is necessarily yours, it can never be the graphic library's. You are ultimately responsible for what text you make copyable and what not.
What I was saying was that as a design principle, when you display some text on screen, you should usually make it selectable and copy-able unless there are very good reasons for it not being so, and there definitely aren't in this case. I said "always" and "everything" to emphasize how strongly one should be biased towards making text copiable.
In other words, you should ask yourself 2 questions before you display text that is not copyable:
- Does it negatively affect the usability of the UI if this text is selectable and copiable
- (only if the answer to the first one is Yes, otherwise just assume this is Yes) Is it remotely reasonable that one may want to copy this text?
Note that it's almost impossible to answer "no" to the second one with certainty, because the fact that you can't think of a use case doesn't mean there isn't one. That's why you only even consider the question if it can impact usability.
You didn't answer to:
Why do you think it should?
Why do you think it shouldn't?
Pamac --version etc
see #1397 (closed)