[Aptitude-devel] Bug#1033623: Bug#1033623: aptitude TUI does not provide a way to invoke "safe-upgrade" command

[Axel Beckert]

Control: severity -1 wishlist
Control: tag -1 + confirmed

Hi,

Piotr Dąbrowski wrote:
> There is no way to invoke "safe-upgrade" command from aptitude TUI.

Indeed. Never noticed (or missed that) so far in like two decades of
using aptitude. I though agree that there are cases where this might
helpful.

> Maybe a new menu item and a shortcut should be added for "safe-upgrade"?

Yes, that's a good idea. Maybe I or Y (just beside U on most keyboard
layouts).

> Or "U" replaced with "safe-upgrade", while "full-upgrade" given a new
> shortcut?

I don't think that's a good idea as it breaks current TUI workflows
and the muscle memory of users.

> Or a dialog could ask which type of upgrade the user wants to
> invoke?

Neither that, for the same reason.

		Regards, Axel
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