[Aptitude-devel] Bug#1043049: aptitude: please consider adding progress bar like apt when upgrading

[waxhead]

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.13-5
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: waxhead at dirtcellar.net

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

When upgrading packages with aptitude there is no indicator showing progress unlike apt.
Please consider add an apt-like progress bar. Thanks.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

N/A

   * What was the outcome of this action?

N/A

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

N/A

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-- Package-specific info:
Terminal: tmux-256color
$DISPLAY is set.
which aptitude: /usr/bin/aptitude

aptitude version information:
aptitude 0.8.13
Compiler: g++ 12.1.0
Compiled against:
  apt version 6.0.0
  NCurses version 6.3
  libsigc++ version: 2.10.8
  Gtk+ support disabled.
  Qt support disabled.

Current library versions:
  NCurses version: ncurses 6.4.20230625
  cwidget version: 0.5.18
  Apt version: 6.0.0

aptitude linkage:
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffd598b8000)
	libapt-pkg.so.6.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.6.0 (0x00007fe2263e4000)
	libncursesw.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.6 (0x00007fe2263ab000)
	libtinfo.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6 (0x00007fe226376000)
	libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fe226a24000)
	libcwidget.so.4 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcwidget.so.4 (0x00007fe226284000)
	libsqlite3.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.so.0 (0x00007fe22611d000)
	libboost_iostreams.so.1.74.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_iostreams.so.1.74.0 (0x00007fe226105000)
	libxapian.so.30 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxapian.so.30 (0x00007fe225e00000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fe226a1d000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fe225a00000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fe225d21000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fe2260e1000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fe22581e000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fe2260c2000)
	libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007fe2260af000)
	liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fe226080000)
	liblz4.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007fe22605a000)
	libzstd.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.so.1 (0x00007fe225c61000)
	libudev.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 (0x00007fe2257ec000)
	libsystemd.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007fe22570d000)
	libgcrypt.so.20 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007fe2255c7000)
	libxxhash.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxxhash.so.0 (0x00007fe226045000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fe226a2f000)
	libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007fe226039000)
	libcap.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcap.so.2 (0x00007fe2255bb000)
	libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007fe225593000)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.4.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii  aptitude-common           0.8.13-5
ii  libapt-pkg6.0             2.6.1
ii  libboost-iostreams1.74.0  1.74.0+ds1-22
ii  libc6                     2.37-6
ii  libcwidget4               0.5.18-6
ii  libgcc-s1                 13.2.0-1
ii  libncursesw6              6.4+20230625-2
ii  libsigc++-2.0-0v5         2.12.0-1
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.42.0-1
ii  libstdc++6                13.2.0-1
ii  libtinfo6                 6.4+20230625-2
ii  libxapian30               1.4.22-1

Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
ii  libdpkg-perl    1.21.22
ii  sensible-utils  0.0.20

Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
pn  apt-xapian-index                <none>
pn  aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-doc  <none>
pn  debtags                         <none>
ii  tasksel                         3.73

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