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Package: aptitude
Version: 0.2.7.1-1
When I try to use the action grouping policy as the default method for
viewing packages, I show no packages at all. This is a very important
method to have working.
One of the main reasons I use dselect is to find out by scrolling
throught the list what packages have been updated that I already have
installed, what packages will be upgraded in place. This helps me to
be prepared for anything that should break and helps me decide if it's
safe to "go" without any surprises.
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Version: 0.2.7.1-1
Hi,
I'm cleaning up a few ancient bug reports against aptitude.
Grant Bowman wrote:
> * Grant Bowman <[email protected]> [011128 23:04]:
> > * Daniel Burrows <[email protected]> [011125 15:41]:
> > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 01:23:34AM -0800, Grant Bowman
> > > <[email protected]> was heard to say:
> > > > When I try to use the action grouping policy as the default method for
> > > > viewing packages, I show no packages at all. This is a very important
> > > > method to have working.
> > >
> > > Probably because nothing will be done to your other packages...
> > >
> > > This is the same policy used to generate the preview tree.
> > > As the documentation says, it is "...provided at the moment only
> > > for completeness". I don't expect that people will really want to use
> > > it outside the preview screen, but it's there in case they do.
> > > Cluttering it with not-to-be-installed packages would just make the
> > > preview a mess.
> > >
> > > I suppose I could make a new policy that's "action plus all the stuff
> > > that's going to be unchanged".
> >
> > Yes, I would like to see the sorting based on this criteria before going
> > to the preview tree. It's also the default of dselect, I think.
>
> You also already have it in the application! It's implicitly used even
> though it's not listed in the grouping policy at all.
>
> My apologies about this.
I think that counts as "invalid bug" or at least as "fixed in the
version it was reported against".
Hence closing this issue with the version it was reported against.
> > > That's what the preview screen is for.
> >
> > True, but the preview screen doesn't show packages new to the archive.
>
> Yes it does. However it doesn't do it consistently. The forget feature
> not only forgets the packages but removes the heading "New Packages"
> from the list entirely. I think this should remain so that users know
> that there is sorting based on this and so they know there is nothing new.
Anyone who's still bothered that the "New Packages" heading is only
shown if there are new packages, is free to file a new wishlist bug
report about that.
Regards, Axel
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