[Aptitude-devel] Bug#793307: Bug#793307: Bug#793307: aptitude: Add a confirmation for changing 'automatic' flag

[Артём Банщиков]

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:54:09 +0100 "Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo" <
manuel.montezelo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2015-07-22 20:01 artem_banschikov:
> >On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:24:07 +0200 Axel Beckert <abe at debian.org> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >> If we do so, we should
> >>
> >> a) make it optional (on by default is fine for me),
> >Completely agree.
> >> b) only ask for confirmation if it would catch more than one package
> >>    (i.e. for whole branches)
> >I thought about three options: ask for one package, ask for multiple
> >packages, not ask at all. There is file deletion dialog in Ranger
> >file-manager made in this way.
> >> c) only for "m", not for "M" (as the subject may suggest)
> >Confirmation for "M" may be added for consistency.
> >
> >Anyway I'll be glad if you make exactly as you said as it will entirely
solve
> >my problem.
> >
> >Best regards, Artyom.
>
>
> What about Undo (Control-U), as Axel suggested in the previous e-mail?
>
> IMO it is a more general solution, and already implemented, so it should
be
> favoured rather than adding these new options (unless it does not work).

1) It may be not obvious for unexperienced user.
2) It may be not noticed quickly enough.
But optional warning in status screen may be added for using "m" on
multiple packages.

Best regards.
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