From: Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho@gmail.com>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: 63563@debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#63563: 29.0.91; package.el should not install unselected packages
Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 01:51:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKDRQS6Tx6Ai1BngSnDzJJfBZ2V0brOb_pFHN2U-Fapv0MQa7g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87cz2xza9b.fsf@posteo.net>
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Is this new behavior no one asked for configurable? Over the many years
I've been using package.el, I've built in muscle memory. After M-x
list-packages, when the packages buffer is done refreshing, I immediately
press U and x without looking. With the new behavior, when there's
no upgrades, I'd be installing the first package at point. Doing that a
couple of times will mean I'll have a couple of extra packages I don't want
installed.
Jimmy
On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 8:53 PM Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > tags 63563 notabug
> > thanks
> >
> >> From: Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 03:10:23 +0100
> >>
> >> 1. M-x list-packages
> >> 2. Press x on a line
> >> 3. Observer in the echo area package.el is now asking the user to
> >> whether to install the package.
> >>
> >> Expectation:
> >>
> >> If the user has not pressed i to select the package for installation,
> >> package.el should not ask the user to confirm anything. There's no
> >> action to execute. This is unexpected dwim behavior.
> >
> >>From the Emacs manual:
> >
> > ‘x’
> > Download and install all packages marked with ‘i’, and their
> > dependencies; also, delete all packages marked with ‘d’
> > (‘package-menu-execute’). This also removes the marks. If no
> > packages are marked, this command will install the package under
> > point (if it isn’t installed already), or delete the package under
> > point (if it’s already installed).
> >
> > The doc string says similar stuff:
> >
> > If no packages are marked, the action taken depends on the state
> > of the package under point. If it’s not already installed, this
> > command will install the package, and if it’s installed, it will
> > delete the package.
> >
> > So this is documented behavior. This is not a bug, but a feature.
>
> That being said, I am not a fan of this DWIM-ish behaviour either.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-29 0:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-18 2:10 bug#63563: 29.0.91; package.el should not install unselected packages Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong
2023-05-18 5:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-18 19:53 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-29 0:51 ` Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong [this message]
2023-05-29 13:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-29 13:57 ` Jimmy Wong
2023-05-29 14:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-01 16:36 ` Howard Melman
2023-06-01 18:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
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