GNU bug report logs - #75490
30.0.93; package-upgrade-all - show upgradeable packages

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Message #32 received at 75490 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>,
 Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 75490 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#75490: 30.0.93;
 package-upgrade-all - show upgradeable packages
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:58:44 -0600

Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> writes:
>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> I am a bit short on time to review this right now, but I agree that a
>> pop-up buffer seems like a better option.  Resizing the minibuffer can
>> get annoying and difficult to keep an overview, whereas a little table
>> with an overview of the changes seems more approachable.
>
> Agree. It is a bit unfortunate that there isn't a helper function for
> such prompts with a popup window. Such a popup appears at least in
> Dired/Ibuffer when deleting/killing multiple files/buffers. Could be
> that there are even more instances. Might be good to extract the common
> functionality?

+1 on using a buffer for this (when I upgrade, I do 50+ packages in one
go), and on extracting the common functionality (because I've needed it
myself in the past and had to reimplement).

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