bug#41436: 26.1; How to list upgradable packages only

[Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>]

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tags 41436 + patch
thanks

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

>> I wonder whether it would not be nice to be able to list all upgradable
>> packages and then give the user an option of marking them one by one.
>
> I think it sounds useful.

Could you please try the attached patch and see if it works for you?
It should be applied to the master branch.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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From 89d0a1d7f1b6f3e243edfd2df7ac720540535f66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 14:50:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add command package-menu-filter-upgradable

* lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el (package-menu-filter-upgradable):
New command.  (Bug#41436)
(package-menu-mode-map): Bind the new command.
* doc/emacs/package.texi (Package Menu): Document the new command.
---
 doc/emacs/package.texi     |  6 ++++++
 etc/NEWS                   |  1 +
 lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/package.texi b/doc/emacs/package.texi
index 453d9eb401..56e8ee1363 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/package.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/package.texi
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ Package Menu
 Filter package list by non-empty mark (@code{package-menu-filter-marked}).
 This shows only the packages that have been marked to be installed or deleted.
 
+@item / u
+@kindex / u @r{(Package Menu)}
+@findex package-menu-filter-upgradable
+Filter package list to show only packages for which there are
+available upgrades (@code{package-menu-filter-upgradable}).
+
 @item / /
 @kindex / / @r{(Package Menu)}
 @findex package-menu-filter-clear
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index aa3acc26b3..de57e559ba 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ key             binding
 / s             package-menu-filter-by-status
 / v             package-menu-filter-by-version
 / m             package-menu-filter-marked
+/ u             package-menu-filter-upgradable
 / /             package-menu-filter-clear
 
 ---
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index a173fc060a..803bae2ece 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -2710,6 +2710,7 @@ package-menu-mode-map
     (define-key map (kbd "/ s") 'package-menu-filter-by-status)
     (define-key map (kbd "/ v") 'package-menu-filter-by-version)
     (define-key map (kbd "/ m") 'package-menu-filter-marked)
+    (define-key map (kbd "/ u") 'package-menu-filter-upgradable)
     map)
   "Local keymap for `package-menu-mode' buffers.")
 
@@ -3906,6 +3907,15 @@ package-menu-filter-marked
 	      (tabulated-list-put-tag (char-to-string mark) t)))
 	(user-error "No packages found")))))
 
+(defun package-menu-filter-upgradable ()
+  "Filter \"*Packages*\" buffer to show only upgradable packages."
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((pkgs (mapcar #'car (package-menu--find-upgrades))))
+    (package-menu--filter-by
+     (lambda (pkg)
+       (memql (package-desc-name pkg) pkgs))
+     "upgradable")))
+
 (defun package-menu-clear-filter ()
   "Clear any filter currently applied to the \"*Packages*\" buffer."
   (interactive)
-- 
2.28.0