Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes: > > On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:49:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Yes, I agree it needs a full overhaul of the way it communicates what is > happening. One simple fix is this blockage of packages that do not need to be blocked. When I wait more than 5 or 6 days to update, I often get many packages to build, running something like 'emerge -uDNvp world'. Yes I know I can sit there and go through every package with --ask, but that is a huge waist of time, particularly if you poll user desires. So I find all the packages (ugly little cut|awk|sed|paste script) and install everything that is not really block. Source && update and then concentrate on the actual blockage. I'd be surprised if this is anything other than a trivial fix to portage (hello no, I'm not working on portage!; Zac is very smart and capable and look how he struggles...). But our reticent developers think that is good for the rank and file gentoo users; other see this sort of situation as obstinate. So a simple improvement is to allow what can install, to install, in a semantic where folks do not have to sit and watch the screen to keep the updates rolling along; then leave the true blockage for close attention. I.E. blockage should only *ever* effect the minimal of what has to be blocked during an update. YMMV_hth, James
