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#75490
30.0.93; package-upgrade-all - show upgradeable packages
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> From: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
> Cc: 75490 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, philipk <at> posteo.net, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:47:02 +0100
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>,
> >> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> >> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:00:23 +0100
> >> From: Daniel Mendler via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> >> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> >>
> >> I've attached a patch to this mail. The yes-or-no-p function handles
> >> longs strings well, such that this works even if there are many
> >> upgradeable packages.
> >
> > Do people happen to upgrade dozens of packages in one go? If that
> > happens, won't this change in behavior annoy people? E.g., if the
> > list is VERY long, we by default show only its last portion that the
> > mini-window can accommodate after resizing it to the limit, so the
> > "Upgrade" part might not be visible at all.
> >
> > Did you consider making this opt-in?
>
> We can make this opt-in if this is preferred.
I think I'd prefer that, but let's see what others think.
Philip, WDYT?
> Another option would be to automatically show a longer list in a
> larger separate window. But in my tests it worked well with
> yes-or-no-p alone despite a long list of package names.
I think we should indeed pop up a buffer, since the mini-window is
limited in how much it can show conveniently.
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