It would be nice if after emerging something it not only told me to run etc-update / dispatch-conf, but actually run it. This would probably have to go hand in hand with a config option which tool to use for merging config files, if there will still be more than one in the future. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
ehm, let me think about this for a second, ... no. Main reason is that emerge is supposed to be non-interactive (and I wouldn't trust any non-interactive config update tools).
What about a config option that desktop users like myself could set that would make emerge call a (configured) config merging tool after finishing?
there will be generic post-emerge hooks at some point, not sure when though.