[Cupt-devel] Bug#695870: Bug#695870: cupt: Change "The following packages..." to "The following _n_ packages"

[Eugene V. Lyubimkin]

Hi,

On 2012-12-13 13:32, A. Costa wrote:
[...]
>     The following packages will be installed:
>     
>     libdataquay0 libfishsound1 liboggz2 librubberband2 sonic-visualiser 
>     
>     Action summary:
>       1 manually installed and 4 automatically installed packages will be installed
> 
> The first line "The following packages..." provides no number, and the
> last line includes two numbers, which if added (4+1=5) corresponds to
> the five packages listed.
> 
> Computing such totals isn't difficult, but it would be simpler to show
> the total, so the first line above would read:
> 
>     The following 5 packages will be installed:

I removed numbers from 'package lists' on purpose since numbers
naturally belongs to summary, and sometimes those lists are so big that
don't event fit to the one page.

I'm however open to proposals how to fit the total number into the
summary.

Something like

| 5 (1 manually installed and 4 automatically installed) packages will be installed

or the boolean option to switch off manual/automatic distinction in the
summmary:

| 5 packages will be installed


> Optional finesse: handle singular & plural cases correctly, as above
> for plural, and as follows for singular (just one package):
> 
>     The following 1 package will be installed:

Yep, placed into long-term TODO.

[...]
> In such an environment efficient 'diff' based transfer programs 
> like 'cupt' are more important than ever.  Kudos & thanks again for 'cupt'!  

Most of kudos belong to 'debdelta', but I'm glad the Cupt debdelta
integration is of use for some people :)

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Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com
C++ GNU/Linux userspace developer, Debian Developer