install-prompt for missing features (Was: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?)

[Doug Barton]

On 07/04/2012 15:57, Yuri wrote:
> On 07/04/2012 15:08, Doug Barton wrote:
>> First, I agree that being able to turn it off should be possible. But I
>> can't help being curious ... why would you *not* want a feature that
>> tells you what to install if you type a command that doesn't exist on
>> the system?
> 
> Given the potentially controversial nature of this feature, it's maybe
> best to almost completely isolate it from the base system and make it
> into a port.

Normally I would agree, but something like this would be *really*
valuable to ease the transition for people coming from a Linux background.


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