On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 08:46:37AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 02:57:26PM +0200, Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > I wonder if it would not be possible to save only modified > > preferences, so that settings that the user never changed get the new > > default whenever it gets changed. That'd probably be a new wishlist > > item :) > > It's mostly a question of how you want to surprise the user. If you > only save modified preferences, then when the user has specifically set > an option to something that happens to be the default, or when the > default is changed to match their preferences, changing the default will > suddenly change a preference the user explicitly selected.
No :) If only modified prefs are saved, the new defaults will only be selected for settings the user never modified. Maybe with such a mechanism, it would be useful to have a "reset to default" key binding. > aptitude chooses to be conservative and save any preference the user > has ever modified from the interactive options screen, even if they > modified it to the default value. Well, it also saves prefs that the user never modified (or maybe an old version did save them, but I have many ones in that case). Best regards, -- Yann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
