Subject: Re: bug#55470: [PATCH] Add package-delete-regexp

From: Philip Kaludercic <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 23:17:26 +0000

"Marwan L." <[email-masked]> writes:

> This function allows you to delete packages, with names that match the
> regexp. This is makes operations like deleting multiple packages that
> begin with the same namespace (^company.*, ^treemacs.*, etc.) much
> easier to do

What is the advantage of a separate function for deleting packages
compared to marking packages in the *Packages* buffer using "/ n" (that
also accepts a regular expression)?

> The function will also tell you how much packages it will delete (in a
> temporary buffer) and prompt for a Yes or No answer