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

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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