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[PATCH] Add noconfirm to 'package-autoremove'

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From: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 73932 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73932: [PATCH] Add noconfirm to 'package-autoremove'
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:07:50 -0500

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Hi folks,

> On Nov 5, 2024, at 12:45 PM, Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
>> On Oct 28, 2024, at 10:48 AM, Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>>> On Oct 27, 2024, at 5:53 AM, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Is the variation interesting, where NOCONFIRM is a predicate so that
>>>> we can selectively remove packages?
>>> 
>>> Do you have a use case in mind?
>>> 
>>>>> Sure, that might make sense. If we do that, should we do the same in package-install-selected-packages? It uses its NOCONFIRM argument in a similar way.
>>>> 
>>>> We can do that in a subsequent patch.
>>> 
>>> Feel free to post such a patch, indeed.  Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Here’s two patches:
>> 
>> <0001-Add-noconfirm-to-package-autoremove.patch><0002-Use-prefix-argument-in-package-install-selected-pack.patch>
>> 
>> The first is the same as before, but it adds the prefix argument usage Eli suggested.
>> 
>> The second patch adds a matching prefix argument to package-install-selected-packages (if this is desired).
>> 
>> I didn’t implement a predicate option for NOCONFIRM yet, since I couldn’t think of a use case, and the intended semantics are not quite clear to me.
>> 
>> Please let me know what else is needed, and thanks!
> 
> Are there any outstanding issues? If so, how can I help resolve them?
> 
> Thanks!

Just checking in again. Is there anything I can do to help resolve this?

Thanks!

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