Subject: Bug#4451: dselect user interface (feedback and control)

From: Barak Pearlmutter <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 20:50:02 -0700

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.2.14elf

in dselect's package selection smorgasboard menu, there's this great
big list of packages, one per line.  Which is wonderful.  But when
scrolling through it for the very first time, during setup of a a
brand new debian gnu/linux system, the user doesn't know how far
through it they are.  Uh oh, it might go on forever!  Will I be done
before dinnertime?

A simple indicator on the current package summary line in the middle
of the screen would give a big psychological boost:

    adduser (36/857)   installed; ...