GNU bug report logs - #63563
29.0.91; package.el should not install unselected packages

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Message #13 received at 63563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 63563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#63563: 29.0.91; package.el should not install unselected
 packages
Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 19:53:52 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> tags 63563 notabug
> thanks
>
>> From: Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 03:10:23 +0100
>> 
>> 1. M-x list-packages
>> 2. Press x on a line
>> 3. Observer in the echo area package.el is now asking the user to
>> whether to install the package.
>> 
>> Expectation:
>> 
>> If the user has not pressed i to select the package for installation,
>> package.el should not ask the user to confirm anything. There's no
>> action to execute. This is unexpected dwim behavior.
>
>>From the Emacs manual:
>
>   ‘x’
>        Download and install all packages marked with ‘i’, and their
>        dependencies; also, delete all packages marked with ‘d’
>        (‘package-menu-execute’).  This also removes the marks.  If no
>        packages are marked, this command will install the package under
>        point (if it isn’t installed already), or delete the package under
>        point (if it’s already installed).
>
> The doc string says similar stuff:
>
>   If no packages are marked, the action taken depends on the state
>   of the package under point.  If it’s not already installed, this
>   command will install the package, and if it’s installed, it will
>   delete the package.
>
> So this is documented behavior.  This is not a bug, but a feature.

That being said, I am not a fan of this DWIM-ish behaviour either.

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